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... letter is , To Mr. Warton , Professor of Poetry in Oxford . The last paragraph of the letter explains the reason of this official formality , which Johnson evidently adopted playfully . Ib . p . 257. 1. 4. Your notes upon my poet were ...
... letter is , To Mr. Warton , Professor of Poetry in Oxford . The last paragraph of the letter explains the reason of this official formality , which Johnson evidently adopted playfully . Ib . p . 257. 1. 4. Your notes upon my poet were ...
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... letter from bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my own work , by contrast- ing it with that of which I have spoken , is so ...
... letter from bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my own work , by contrast- ing it with that of which I have spoken , is so ...
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... letter , dated Trentham , St. Peter's day , 1716 , written by the George Plaxton , chaplain at that time to lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held " Johnson , the ...
... letter , dated Trentham , St. Peter's day , 1716 , written by the George Plaxton , chaplain at that time to lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held " Johnson , the ...
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... letter from Miss Mary Adye , of Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not enough . It was not till about 1768 , that I thought to calculate the returns of my father's trade , and by that estimate his probable ...
... letter from Miss Mary Adye , of Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not enough . It was not till about 1768 , that I thought to calculate the returns of my father's trade , and by that estimate his probable ...
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... letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a pre- sent of gingerbread , and ...
... letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a pre- sent of gingerbread , and ...
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