The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 74
... essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a complete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own account ...
... essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a complete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own account ...
Page 94
... Essay , etc. containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Con- futation of their Opinions , and an Illustration of the Doc- trine of Free - will ; ' with what else you think ...
... Essay , etc. containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Con- futation of their Opinions , and an Illustration of the Doc- trine of Free - will ; ' with what else you think ...
Page 97
... essay published in that magazine this year , entitled The Apotheosis of Mil- ton , was written by Johnson ; and on that supposition it has been improperly inserted in the edition of his works by the booksellers , after his decease ...
... essay published in that magazine this year , entitled The Apotheosis of Mil- ton , was written by Johnson ; and on that supposition it has been improperly inserted in the edition of his works by the booksellers , after his decease ...
Page 102
... Essay on Epitaphs , * and an Epitaph on Philips , a musi- cian , * which was afterwards published , with some other pieces of his , in Mrs. Williams's Miscellanies . This epi- taph is so exquisitely beautiful , that I remember even lord ...
... Essay on Epitaphs , * and an Epitaph on Philips , a musi- cian , * which was afterwards published , with some other pieces of his , in Mrs. Williams's Miscellanies . This epi- taph is so exquisitely beautiful , that I remember even lord ...
Page 106
... Essay on. d Hawkins's Life of Johnson , p . 100 . e A bookseller of London . f Not the Royal Society ; but the Society for the encouragement of learning , of which Dr. Birch was a leading member . Their object was , to assist authors in ...
... Essay on. d Hawkins's Life of Johnson , p . 100 . e A bookseller of London . f Not the Royal Society ; but the Society for the encouragement of learning , of which Dr. Birch was a leading member . Their object was , to assist authors in ...
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