The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 112
... excellent classical scholar : Ad Authorem Carminis AD ORNATISSIMAM PUELLAM . O cui non potuit , quia culta , placere puella , Qui speras Musam posse placere tuam ? —MALONE . With bright , but oft destructive , gleam , Alike 112 [ 1743 ...
... excellent classical scholar : Ad Authorem Carminis AD ORNATISSIMAM PUELLAM . O cui non potuit , quia culta , placere puella , Qui speras Musam posse placere tuam ? —MALONE . With bright , but oft destructive , gleam , Alike 112 [ 1743 ...
Page 132
... , and precision , but that the language of it is unexceptionably r September 22 , 1777 , going from Ashbourne in Derbyshire , to see Islam . 1 excellent ; it being altogether free from that inflation of 132 [ 1747 . THE LIFE OF.
... , and precision , but that the language of it is unexceptionably r September 22 , 1777 , going from Ashbourne in Derbyshire , to see Islam . 1 excellent ; it being altogether free from that inflation of 132 [ 1747 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. excellent ; it being altogether free from that inflation of style , and those uncommon , but apt and energetick words , which in some of his writings have been censured , with more petulance than justice ; and never was ...
James Boswell. excellent ; it being altogether free from that inflation of style , and those uncommon , but apt and energetick words , which in some of his writings have been censured , with more petulance than justice ; and never was ...
Page 138
... fact is , that the poem was published on the 9th of January , and the tragedy was not acted till the 6th of the February following . - BOSWELL . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , 138 [ 1749 . THE LIFE OF.
... fact is , that the poem was published on the 9th of January , and the tragedy was not acted till the 6th of the February following . - BOSWELL . The profits of a single poem , however excellent , 138 [ 1749 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own ...
James Boswell. The profits of a single poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own ...
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