The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... late lord Somerville " , who saw much both u James lord Somerville , who died in 1763. - MALONE . Let me here express my grateful remembrance of lord Somerville's kindness to me at a very early period . He was the first person of high ...
... late lord Somerville " , who saw much both u James lord Somerville , who died in 1763. - MALONE . Let me here express my grateful remembrance of lord Somerville's kindness to me at a very early period . He was the first person of high ...
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... late ] retain it . " A mind [ excursive ] active , ambitious , and adventurous . " In its [ noblest ] widest searches still longing to go for- ward . " He wrote in such a manner as might expose him to few [ neglects ] hazards . " The ...
... late ] retain it . " A mind [ excursive ] active , ambitious , and adventurous . " In its [ noblest ] widest searches still longing to go for- ward . " He wrote in such a manner as might expose him to few [ neglects ] hazards . " The ...
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... late , alluding to something past . He had always some poetical plan in his head † . Echo to the sense . Would not constrain himself too much . Felicities of language . Watts ‡ . Luxury of language . Motives to study - want of health ...
... late , alluding to something past . He had always some poetical plan in his head † . Echo to the sense . Would not constrain himself too much . Felicities of language . Watts ‡ . Luxury of language . Motives to study - want of health ...
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... late . DUNCIAD . The line on Philips borrowed from another poem . Pope did not increase the difficulties of writing . Poetæ pullorum . * Ruffhead's Life of Pope . † In the life , Johnson says , " Expletives he very early rejected from ...
... late . DUNCIAD . The line on Philips borrowed from another poem . Pope did not increase the difficulties of writing . Poetæ pullorum . * Ruffhead's Life of Pope . † In the life , Johnson says , " Expletives he very early rejected from ...
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... the Gentleman's Magazine for May , 1816.-Ed. e Gentleman's Magazine , vol . iv . p . 10 . f The late Mr. Burke . - MALONE . his mind again to work , he added , with 52 [ 1781 . THE LIFE OF Various readings in the Life of Lyttelton. ...
... the Gentleman's Magazine for May , 1816.-Ed. e Gentleman's Magazine , vol . iv . p . 10 . f The late Mr. Burke . - MALONE . his mind again to work , he added , with 52 [ 1781 . THE LIFE OF Various readings in the Life of Lyttelton. ...
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