The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their ...
... wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their ...
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... wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . - Boswell . Where'er they fly their lovers ' ghosts pursue , Inflicting 28 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a lady ...
... wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . - Boswell . Where'er they fly their lovers ' ghosts pursue , Inflicting 28 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a lady ...
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... wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con- versation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus ...
... wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con- versation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus ...
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... , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . He had , from the irritability of his constitution , at all times , an im- patience and hurry when he either read or wrote . ÆTAT . 20. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
... , without submitting to the labour of perusing it from beginning to end . He had , from the irritability of his constitution , at all times , an im- patience and hurry when he either read or wrote . ÆTAT . 20. ] 39 DR . JOHNSON .
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... wrote any of his works that were printed , twice over . Dr. Burney's wonder at seeing several pages of his Lives of the Poets , in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him . - MALONE . Johnson's ...
... wrote any of his works that were printed , twice over . Dr. Burney's wonder at seeing several pages of his Lives of the Poets , in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him . - MALONE . Johnson's ...
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