The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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James Boswell. Literary Club , Mr. Burke began by saying , that he was a man of gentle manners . ' Sir , ' said Johnson ... literary lady has favoured me with a characteristick anecdote of Rich- ardson . One day at his country house at ...
James Boswell. Literary Club , Mr. Burke began by saying , that he was a man of gentle manners . ' Sir , ' said Johnson ... literary lady has favoured me with a characteristick anecdote of Rich- ardson . One day at his country house at ...
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... literary anecdote : Green and Guthrie , an Irishman and a Scotch- man , undertook a translation of Duhalde's History of China . Green said of Guthrie , that he knew no English ; and Guthrie of Green , that he knew no French : and these ...
... literary anecdote : Green and Guthrie , an Irishman and a Scotch- man , undertook a translation of Duhalde's History of China . Green said of Guthrie , that he knew no English ; and Guthrie of Green , that he knew no French : and these ...
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... literary history I do not express with exaggeration , when I say it is wonderful : indeed his labours have proved it to the world ; and all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testimony to the frankness of his ...
... literary history I do not express with exaggeration , when I say it is wonderful : indeed his labours have proved it to the world ; and all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testimony to the frankness of his ...
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... literary productions , was exhibited also in his conversation , which was various , striking , and instructive ; and perhaps no man ever equalled him for nervous and pointed repartees . “ His dictionary , his moral essays , and his ...
... literary productions , was exhibited also in his conversation , which was various , striking , and instructive ; and perhaps no man ever equalled him for nervous and pointed repartees . “ His dictionary , his moral essays , and his ...
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... literary projects at an early period , and which it is remarkable that , after desisting from it from a supposed scantiness of materials , he should , at an advanced age , have exhibited so amply . His defence of that great poet against ...
... literary projects at an early period , and which it is remarkable that , after desisting from it from a supposed scantiness of materials , he should , at an advanced age , have exhibited so amply . His defence of that great poet against ...
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