The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... period of his life , in 1755 , Johnson exhibited his admiration of the pious Law's writings by addressing the following earnest questions to his es- teemed friend Miss Hill Boothby . " Have you read Mr. Law ? not cursorily , but with ...
... period of his life , in 1755 , Johnson exhibited his admiration of the pious Law's writings by addressing the following earnest questions to his es- teemed friend Miss Hill Boothby . " Have you read Mr. Law ? not cursorily , but with ...
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... period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that Horace's odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before he liked his epistles and satires . He told me ...
... period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that Horace's odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before he liked his epistles and satires . He told me ...
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... periods , until he had brought them to the most complete arrangement . His memory then enabled him to retain a whole essay , thus elaborated in his mind , ready for instant production . Bishop Percy has often heard him , he states ...
... periods , until he had brought them to the most complete arrangement . His memory then enabled him to retain a whole essay , thus elaborated in his mind , ready for instant production . Bishop Percy has often heard him , he states ...
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... period , what- ever uneasiness he may have endured , he laid the foun- dation of much future eminence by application to his studies . Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at ...
... period , what- ever uneasiness he may have endured , he laid the foun- dation of much future eminence by application to his studies . Being now again totally unoccupied , he was invited by Mr. Hector to pass some time with him at ...
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... period , or whether he derived from it any pecuniary advantage , I have not been able to ascertain . He probably got a little money from Mr. Warren ; and we are certain , that he executed here one piece of literary labour , of which Mr ...
... period , or whether he derived from it any pecuniary advantage , I have not been able to ascertain . He probably got a little money from Mr. Warren ; and we are certain , that he executed here one piece of literary labour , of which Mr ...
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