The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... published this year a poem , called , The Race , by Mercurius Spur , Esq . in which he whimsically made the living poets of England contend for pre - eminence of fame by running : Prove by their heels the prowess of the head . In this ...
... published this year a poem , called , The Race , by Mercurius Spur , Esq . in which he whimsically made the living poets of England contend for pre - eminence of fame by running : Prove by their heels the prowess of the head . In this ...
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... published . John- son said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the second rather too much , Why , " said the king , " they seldom do these things by halves . " " No , sir , " answered Johnson , " not to ...
... published . John- son said , he thought his style pretty good , but that he had blamed Henry the second rather too much , Why , " said the king , " they seldom do these things by halves . " " No , sir , " answered Johnson , " not to ...
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... published in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical Reviews ; and on being answered there were no other , his majesty asked which of them was the best : Johnson answered , that the Monthly Review was done with most care , the ...
... published in this kingdom , except the Monthly and Critical Reviews ; and on being answered there were no other , his majesty asked which of them was the best : Johnson answered , that the Monthly Review was done with most care , the ...
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... published a ridicule of his style , under the title of Lexiphanes . Sir John Hawkins ascribes it to Dr. Kenrick ; but its author was one Campbell , a Scotch purser in the navy . The ridicule consisted in applying Johnson's " words of ...
... published a ridicule of his style , under the title of Lexiphanes . Sir John Hawkins ascribes it to Dr. Kenrick ; but its author was one Campbell , a Scotch purser in the navy . The ridicule consisted in applying Johnson's " words of ...
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... day , soon after the first representation of this comedy in 1768 .-- Gold- smith probably thought that the lines printed in Italick characters , which , how- In the spring of this year , having published my ÆTAT . 58. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
... day , soon after the first representation of this comedy in 1768 .-- Gold- smith probably thought that the lines printed in Italick characters , which , how- In the spring of this year , having published my ÆTAT . 58. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
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