Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds had the merit of being the first proposer of it , to which Johnson acceded , and the original members were , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dr. Johnson , Mr. Ed- mund Burke , Dr. Nugent , Mr. Beauclerk , Mr. Langton , Dr ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds had the merit of being the first proposer of it , to which Johnson acceded , and the original members were , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dr. Johnson , Mr. Ed- mund Burke , Dr. Nugent , Mr. Beauclerk , Mr. Langton , Dr ...
Page 487
... Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit , that he said , " Sir , a man might write such stuff for ever , if he would abandon ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds communicated to me the following particulars : Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit , that he said , " Sir , a man might write such stuff for ever , if he would abandon ...
Page 539
... Sir Joshua Reynolds on July 6 , as follows : " I am going , I hope , in a few days , to try the air of Derbyshire ... Sir Joshua mentioned , that he had by the same post communicated all this to Dr. Johnson . How Johnson was affected ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds on July 6 , as follows : " I am going , I hope , in a few days , to try the air of Derbyshire ... Sir Joshua mentioned , that he had by the same post communicated all this to Dr. Johnson . How Johnson was affected ...
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