The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... WARTON . DEAR SIR , " " " I OUGHT to have written to you before now , but I ought to do many things which I do not ; nor can I , indeed , claim any merit from this letter ; for being desired by the authours and pro- prietor of the ...
... WARTON . DEAR SIR , " " " I OUGHT to have written to you before now , but I ought to do many things which I do not ; nor can I , indeed , claim any merit from this letter ; for being desired by the authours and pro- prietor of the ...
Page 161
... Warton's enriching the collection with several admirable essays . Johnson's saying " I have no part in the paper , beyond now and then a motto , " may seem inconsistent with his being the authour of the papers marked T. But he had , at ...
... Warton's enriching the collection with several admirable essays . Johnson's saying " I have no part in the paper , beyond now and then a motto , " may seem inconsistent with his being the authour of the papers marked T. But he had , at ...
Page 172
... Warton , who obligingly furnished me with several of our common friend's letters , which he illustrated with notes . These I shall insert in their proper places . SIR , " TO THE REVEREND MR . THOMAS WARTON . " IT is but an ill return ...
... Warton , who obligingly furnished me with several of our common friend's letters , which he illustrated with notes . These I shall insert in their proper places . SIR , " TO THE REVEREND MR . THOMAS WARTON . " IT is but an ill return ...
Page 174
... Warton preserved and communicated to me the following memorial , which , though not written with all the care and attention which that learned and elegant writer bestowed on those compositions which he intended for the publick eye , is ...
... Warton preserved and communicated to me the following memorial , which , though not written with all the care and attention which that learned and elegant writer bestowed on those compositions which he intended for the publick eye , is ...
Page 177
... Warton , of Trinity , to whom I should have written immediately , but that I know not if he be yet come back to Oxford . " In the Catalogue of MSS . of Gr . Brit . see vol . I. pag . 18. MSS . Bodl . MARTYRIUM XV . martyrum sub Juliano ...
... Warton , of Trinity , to whom I should have written immediately , but that I know not if he be yet come back to Oxford . " In the Catalogue of MSS . of Gr . Brit . see vol . I. pag . 18. MSS . Bodl . MARTYRIUM XV . martyrum sub Juliano ...
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