The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 50
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
Page 56
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head or grace his tomb . * Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little composition , from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her inquiring whether it ...
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head or grace his tomb . * Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little composition , from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her inquiring whether it ...
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... soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . " This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus showed a manly firmness , proved a ...
... soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . " This , it must be allowed , was a singular beginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus showed a manly firmness , proved a ...
Page 64
... soon diverted by his decided pre- ference for the stage . This joint expedition of those two eminent men to the metropolis , was many years afterwards noticed in an alle- gorical poem on Shakspeare's mulberry tree , by Mr. Lovi- bond ...
... soon diverted by his decided pre- ference for the stage . This joint expedition of those two eminent men to the metropolis , was many years afterwards noticed in an alle- gorical poem on Shakspeare's mulberry tree , by Mr. Lovi- bond ...
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... of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in any manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but 80 [ 1738 . THE LIFE OF.
... of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in any manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but 80 [ 1738 . THE LIFE OF.
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