The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and whis ... verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
... verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and whis ... verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he ...
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... verses to be read , what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke P He told Dr. Burney ...
... verses to be read , what would be , in each case , the total amount in a week , month , and year . No man had a more ardent love of literature , or a higher respect for it , than Johnson . His apartment in Pembroke P He told Dr. Burney ...
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... verse translations in the Gentleman's Magazine . One of them is a translation of My time , O ye Muses , was happily spent , etc. He died August 3 , 1751 , and a monument to his memory has been erected in the cathedral of Lichfield ...
... verse translations in the Gentleman's Magazine . One of them is a translation of My time , O ye Muses , was happily spent , etc. He died August 3 , 1751 , and a monument to his memory has been erected in the cathedral of Lichfield ...
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... verses , which I have not been able to recoveri ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the fol- lowing lines , which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector . Verses to a Lady , on ...
... verses , which I have not been able to recoveri ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the fol- lowing lines , which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector . Verses to a Lady , on ...
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... verses that he might present her in return . I promised , but forgot ; and when he called for his lines at the time agreed on - Sit still a moment , says I , dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee — so stepped aside for five minutes , and ...
... verses that he might present her in return . I promised , but forgot ; and when he called for his lines at the time agreed on - Sit still a moment , says I , dear Mund , and I'll fetch them thee — so stepped aside for five minutes , and ...
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acknowl acquaintance admiration afterwards appears believe BENNET LANGTON bishop bookseller Boswell Burney Cave character conversation dear sir death Dictionary Dodsley edition eminent endeavour English Essay evid excellent father favour Garrick gave genius Gentleman's Magazine give happy heard Hector honour hope house of Stuart humble servant Johnson Joseph Warton kind king labour lady Langton language late Latin learned letter Lichfield literary lived London lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Malone manner master mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford paper Pembroke college person pleased pleasure poem poet praise Preface publick published Rambler remarkable reverend Richard Savage Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Savage Shakspeare sir John Hawkins sir Joshua Reynolds spirit style suppose talk thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told translation truth verses Warton William wish write written wrote