The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Reynolds , of which Johnson himself came in for a share , Pray , ' said he , let us have it read aloud from beginning to end ; ' which being done , he with a ludicrous earnestness , and not directing his look to any particular person ...
... Reynolds , of which Johnson himself came in for a share , Pray , ' said he , let us have it read aloud from beginning to end ; ' which being done , he with a ludicrous earnestness , and not directing his look to any particular person ...
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... Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , The consolatory reflection of Pericles on his death - bed was , that he had never caused a single citizen of Athens to put on mourning . See Plut . in ...
... Reynolds's , that a beggar in the street will more readily ask alms from a man , The consolatory reflection of Pericles on his death - bed was , that he had never caused a single citizen of Athens to put on mourning . See Plut . in ...
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... Reynolds , in his praise of the archi- tecture of Vanbrugh . We trace Johnson's own character in his observations on Blackmore's " magnanimity as an author . " - " The in- cessant attacks of his enemies , whether serious or merry , are ...
... Reynolds , in his praise of the archi- tecture of Vanbrugh . We trace Johnson's own character in his observations on Blackmore's " magnanimity as an author . " - " The in- cessant attacks of his enemies , whether serious or merry , are ...
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... Reynolds agreed with me that he could . Mr. Gibbon , with his usual sneer , controverted it , perhaps in resentment of Johnson's r Shakespeare makes Hamlet thus describe his father : See , what a grace was seated on this brow ...
... Reynolds agreed with me that he could . Mr. Gibbon , with his usual sneer , controverted it , perhaps in resentment of Johnson's r Shakespeare makes Hamlet thus describe his father : See , what a grace was seated on this brow ...
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... Reynolds at the time when it was written . It bears the genuine marks of Johnson's best manner , and is as follows : " The reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , prebendary of u See vol . i . P. 295 . Exeter , and vicar of St. Andrew's in ...
... Reynolds at the time when it was written . It bears the genuine marks of Johnson's best manner , and is as follows : " The reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , prebendary of u See vol . i . P. 295 . Exeter , and vicar of St. Andrew's in ...
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