The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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... remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled ' 1738 ; ' so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend Dr. Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , to whom I am ...
... remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled ' 1738 ; ' so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend Dr. Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , to whom I am ...
Page 86
... remarkable , that Johnson's last quoted letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner ; and it is no less remarkable , that though in this state of want himself , his benevolent heart was not insen- sible ...
... remarkable , that Johnson's last quoted letter to Mr. Cave concludes with a fair confession that he had not a dinner ; and it is no less remarkable , that though in this state of want himself , his benevolent heart was not insen- sible ...
Page 347
... remarkable , and shew that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits . ' Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit ; my time has been unprofitably spent , and seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory ...
... remarkable , and shew that he laboured under a severe depression of spirits . ' Since the last Easter I have reformed no evil habit ; my time has been unprofitably spent , and seems as a dream that has left nothing behind . My memory ...
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