The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... that any author might be used in the same manner ; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an author's compositions at different periods . We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale ob- ÆTAT . 67. ] 23 DR . JOHNSON .
... that any author might be used in the same manner ; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an author's compositions at different periods . We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale ob- ÆTAT . 67. ] 23 DR . JOHNSON .
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James Boswell. We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale ob- served , that Pope had partly borrowed from him The dying Christian to his Soul . Johnson repeated Roches- ter's verses upon Flatman , which I think by much too severe ...
James Boswell. We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale ob- served , that Pope had partly borrowed from him The dying Christian to his Soul . Johnson repeated Roches- ter's verses upon Flatman , which I think by much too severe ...
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... talked of lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an au- thor ; observing , that " he was thirty years in preparing his history , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better ...
... talked of lord Lyttelton's extreme anxiety as an au- thor ; observing , that " he was thirty years in preparing his history , and that he employed a man to point it for him ; as if ( laughing ) another man could point his sense better ...
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... talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when there ...
... talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his composition . Mr. Murphy said , he remembered when there ...
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... talked of Abel Drugger as a small part ; and related , with pleasant vanity , that a Frenchman , who had seen him in one of his low characters , exclaimed , Comment ! je ne le crois pas . Ce n'est pas monsieur Garrick , ce grand homme ...
... talked of Abel Drugger as a small part ; and related , with pleasant vanity , that a Frenchman , who had seen him in one of his low characters , exclaimed , Comment ! je ne le crois pas . Ce n'est pas monsieur Garrick , ce grand homme ...
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