The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... collection of biography , and such principles and illustra- tions of criticism , as , if digested and arranged in one sys- tem by some modern Aristotle or Longinus , might form a code upon that subject , such as no other nation can show ...
... collection of biography , and such principles and illustra- tions of criticism , as , if digested and arranged in one sys- tem by some modern Aristotle or Longinus , might form a code upon that subject , such as no other nation can show ...
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... collected by Boswell , in a subsequent page.-ED. t Of Johnson's conduct towards Warburton , a very honourable notice is taken by the editor of Tracts by Warburton , and a Warburtonian , not admitted into the Collection of their ...
... collected by Boswell , in a subsequent page.-ED. t Of Johnson's conduct towards Warburton , a very honourable notice is taken by the editor of Tracts by Warburton , and a Warburtonian , not admitted into the Collection of their ...
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... collection of Pope's sayings , it is not therefore to be concluded that he was not agreeable in social intercourse ; for Johnson has been heard to say , that " the happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered ...
... collection of Pope's sayings , it is not therefore to be concluded that he was not agreeable in social intercourse ; for Johnson has been heard to say , that " the happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered ...
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... collect , once told me , laughing heartily , that he understood it had been said of him , " He appears not to feel ; but when he is alone , depend upon it , he suffers sadly . " I am as certain as I can be of any man's real sentiments ...
... collect , once told me , laughing heartily , that he understood it had been said of him , " He appears not to feel ; but when he is alone , depend upon it , he suffers sadly . " I am as certain as I can be of any man's real sentiments ...
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... collection ; and a prayer composed by him on her death may be found in his Prayers and Medi- tations . His affection for her induced him to preserve and bind up in a volume thirty - three of her letters , which were purchased from the ...
... collection ; and a prayer composed by him on her death may be found in his Prayers and Medi- tations . His affection for her induced him to preserve and bind up in a volume thirty - three of her letters , which were purchased from the ...
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