The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... published it in his life of Hammond , where he says , " the manuscript of Shiels is now in my possession . " Very probably he had trusted to Shiels's word , and never looked at it so as to compare it with the Lives of the Poets , as ...
... published it in his life of Hammond , where he says , " the manuscript of Shiels is now in my possession . " Very probably he had trusted to Shiels's word , and never looked at it so as to compare it with the Lives of the Poets , as ...
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... published various works ; particularly a fantastical translation of the New Testament , in modern phrase , and with a socinian twist . I introduced Aristotle's doctrine in his art of poetry , of “ Kálaρois Twν Taonμatav , the purging of ...
... published various works ; particularly a fantastical translation of the New Testament , in modern phrase , and with a socinian twist . I introduced Aristotle's doctrine in his art of poetry , of “ Kálaρois Twν Taonμatav , the purging of ...
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... published . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , they would have been thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws censure , unless it be a name that bears down every thing ...
... published . JOHNSON . " Why , sir , they would have been thought as good as odes commonly are , if Cum- berland had not put his name to them ; but a name imme- diately draws censure , unless it be a name that bears down every thing ...
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... publish at will the crimes of a parishioner , he may often blast the in- nocent , and distress the timorous . He may be suspicious , and condemn without evidence ; he may be rash , and judge without examination ; he may be severe , and ...
... publish at will the crimes of a parishioner , he may often blast the in- nocent , and distress the timorous . He may be suspicious , and condemn without evidence ; he may be rash , and judge without examination ; he may be severe , and ...
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... published but those undertaken by persons of integrity , and capacity to judge well , and describe faith- fully , and in good language , the situation , condition , and manners of the countries passed through . Indeed our coun- try of ...
... published but those undertaken by persons of integrity , and capacity to judge well , and describe faith- fully , and in good language , the situation , condition , and manners of the countries passed through . Indeed our coun- try of ...
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