The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... thought of it no more , nor do I know where to find it in my own books . I am accustomed to think little of newspapers ; but an opinion so weighty and serious as yours has determined me to do , what I should without your seasonable ...
... thought of it no more , nor do I know where to find it in my own books . I am accustomed to think little of newspapers ; but an opinion so weighty and serious as yours has determined me to do , what I should without your seasonable ...
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... thought which must be common to all epitaphs , " Johannes Jortin mortalis esse desiit , A.S. 1770 , æt . 72. " John Jortin ceased to be mortal , & c . - ED . ] 3 [ Jeremiah Markland was an eminent critic , particularly in Greek ...
... thought which must be common to all epitaphs , " Johannes Jortin mortalis esse desiit , A.S. 1770 , æt . 72. " John Jortin ceased to be mortal , & c . - ED . ] 3 [ Jeremiah Markland was an eminent critic , particularly in Greek ...
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... thought were ad- vanced above their merits by means which he did not approve . Had he in his early life been in Scot- land , and seen the worthy , sensible , independent gen- tlemen , who live rationally and hospitably at home , he ...
... thought were ad- vanced above their merits by means which he did not approve . Had he in his early life been in Scot- land , and seen the worthy , sensible , independent gen- tlemen , who live rationally and hospitably at home , he ...
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... thought , that men of merit should consider thus : -How much harder would it be , if the same persons had both all the merit and all the prosperity ? Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit ...
... thought , that men of merit should consider thus : -How much harder would it be , if the same persons had both all the merit and all the prosperity ? Would not this be a miserable distribution for the poor dunces ? Would men of merit ...
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... accurate force of expression , whether gay or pathetical , as , in the Editor's humble judgment , no poet , except Shakspeare , has excelled . — ED . ] lines when he thought he could give the writer's meaning 54 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
... accurate force of expression , whether gay or pathetical , as , in the Editor's humble judgment , no poet , except Shakspeare , has excelled . — ED . ] lines when he thought he could give the writer's meaning 54 1783. - ETAT . 74 .
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