The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Poets " , was one day sitting with me . I took down Thomson , and read aloud a large portion of him , and then asked ... poetry produced in this age . Dodsley appealed to his own collection , and maintained , that though you could not ...
... Poets " , was one day sitting with me . I took down Thomson , and read aloud a large portion of him , and then asked ... poetry produced in this age . Dodsley appealed to his own collection , and maintained , that though you could not ...
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... poetry ? " JOHNSON . Why , sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is . " 66 On Friday , April 12th , I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's , where we met Mr ...
... poetry ? " JOHNSON . Why , sir , it is much easier to say what it is not . We all know what light is ; but it is not easy to tell what it is . " 66 On Friday , April 12th , I dined with him at our friend Tom Davies's , where we met Mr ...
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... Poem , but did not like it much . " I differed from him : for though it is not equal throughout , and is seldom elegantly ... Poets , twenty - one volumes octavo , 1810.-ED. empty - headed . " He was indeed a stern 38 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... Poem , but did not like it much . " I differed from him : for though it is not equal throughout , and is seldom elegantly ... Poets , twenty - one volumes octavo , 1810.-ED. empty - headed . " He was indeed a stern 38 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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... poetry . George Catcot , the pewterer , who was as zealous for Rowley as Dr. Hugh Blair was for Ossian , ( I trust ... poem when I was young . " - " Have 40 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... poetry . George Catcot , the pewterer , who was as zealous for Rowley as Dr. Hugh Blair was for Ossian , ( I trust ... poem when I was young . " - " Have 40 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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James Boswell. poem when I was young . " - " Have you , sir ? Pray what have you heard ? ” — “ I have heard Ossian , Oscar , and every one of them . " Johnson said of Chatterton , " This is the most extraor- dinary young man that has ...
James Boswell. poem when I was young . " - " Have you , sir ? Pray what have you heard ? ” — “ I have heard Ossian , Oscar , and every one of them . " Johnson said of Chatterton , " This is the most extraor- dinary young man that has ...
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