The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... person could have made in the time which the king had employed . Mr. Barnard , the librarian , took care that he should have every accom- modation that could contribute to his ease and conve- nience , while indulging his literary taste ...
... person could have made in the time which the king had employed . Mr. Barnard , the librarian , took care that he should have every accom- modation that could contribute to his ease and conve- nience , while indulging his literary taste ...
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... persons who began it , and carried it on for some years ; enlarging at the same time on the nature and use of such works . The king asked him if it was well done now . Johnson answered , he had no reason to think that it was . The king ...
... persons who began it , and carried it on for some years ; enlarging at the same time on the nature and use of such works . The king asked him if it was well done now . Johnson answered , he had no reason to think that it was . The king ...
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... persons . ' The late Alexander earl of Eglintoune , who loved wit more than wine , and men of genius more than sycophants , had a great admiration of Johnson ; but from the remark- able elegance of his own manners , was , perhaps , too ...
... persons . ' The late Alexander earl of Eglintoune , who loved wit more than wine , and men of genius more than sycophants , had a great admiration of Johnson ; but from the remark- able elegance of his own manners , was , perhaps , too ...
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... persons ; as those , for instance , by Sallust and by lord Clarendon . " He would not allow much merit to Whitfield's oratory . " His popularity , sir , " said he , " is chiefly owing to the peculiarity of his manner . He would be ...
... persons ; as those , for instance , by Sallust and by lord Clarendon . " He would not allow much merit to Whitfield's oratory . " His popularity , sir , " said he , " is chiefly owing to the peculiarity of his manner . He would be ...
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... person of whose merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pygmies . He who has provoked the lash of wit cannot ...
... person of whose merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pygmies . He who has provoked the lash of wit cannot ...
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