The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... writer , to whom we have seen that Dr. Johnson directly allowed so little merit . - Boswell . " His attention to veracity , " says Mrs. Piozzi , " was without equal or ex- ample ; " and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character ...
... writer , to whom we have seen that Dr. Johnson directly allowed so little merit . - Boswell . " His attention to veracity , " says Mrs. Piozzi , " was without equal or ex- ample ; " and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character ...
Page 36
... writing employed in them , when the authors were to re- main unknown , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir , those who write in them , write well , in order to be paid well . " Soon after this day , he went ...
... writing employed in them , when the authors were to re- main unknown , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , sir , those who write in them , write well , in order to be paid well . " Soon after this day , he went ...
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... writer , whose doctrines he disliked , had of late become very fond of dress , sat hours together at her toilet , and even put on rouge ; -JOHN- SON . " She is better employed at her toilet , than using her pen . It is better she should ...
... writer , whose doctrines he disliked , had of late become very fond of dress , sat hours together at her toilet , and even put on rouge ; -JOHN- SON . " She is better employed at her toilet , than using her pen . It is better she should ...
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... write the life of Dryden , and , in order to get materials , I applied to the only two persons then alive who had ... writer , having produced a comedy entitled The Quacks , or Love's the Physician , 1705 , and two operas . - MALONE ...
... write the life of Dryden , and , in order to get materials , I applied to the only two persons then alive who had ... writer , having produced a comedy entitled The Quacks , or Love's the Physician , 1705 , and two operas . - MALONE ...
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... writer , who , with almost every species of excellence , is peculiarly remarkable for that quality . The length of this note perhaps requires an apology . Many of my readers , I doubt not , will admit that a critical discussion of a ...
... writer , who , with almost every species of excellence , is peculiarly remarkable for that quality . The length of this note perhaps requires an apology . Many of my readers , I doubt not , will admit that a critical discussion of a ...
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