The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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Page vii
... written by himself . " The charming description of Johnson and Reynolds at Mrs. Cumberland's tea - table is a refreshing contrast to the coarse and unsympathetic character of the observations of some of Johnson's contemporaries ...
... written by himself . " The charming description of Johnson and Reynolds at Mrs. Cumberland's tea - table is a refreshing contrast to the coarse and unsympathetic character of the observations of some of Johnson's contemporaries ...
Page ix
... written in discouragement and despair after revising the Dic- tionary , and for the reproduction of this touching self - portraiture we claim , and believe we shall gain , the gratitude of all lovers of Johnson . ROBINA NAPIER . Holkham ...
... written in discouragement and despair after revising the Dic- tionary , and for the reproduction of this touching self - portraiture we claim , and believe we shall gain , the gratitude of all lovers of Johnson . ROBINA NAPIER . Holkham ...
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... written , would be ridiculous ; it might indeed serve as a just reason for my having written it at all ; because , though others may print the same aphorisms and stories , I cannot here be sure that they have done so . As the Duke says ...
... written , would be ridiculous ; it might indeed serve as a just reason for my having written it at all ; because , though others may print the same aphorisms and stories , I cannot here be sure that they have done so . As the Duke says ...
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... written on the subject . I used to urge another reason for forbearance , and say , that all the readers would , on this singular occasion , be the writers of his life : like the first repre- sentation of the " Masque of Comus , " which ...
... written on the subject . I used to urge another reason for forbearance , and say , that all the readers would , on this singular occasion , be the writers of his life : like the first repre- sentation of the " Masque of Comus , " which ...
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... written on a stone he saw standing by the way - side , set up , as it proved , in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap there- abouts , the extent of which was specified upon the stone : ' Why now , ' says my uncle , ' I could ...
... written on a stone he saw standing by the way - side , set up , as it proved , in honour of a man who had leaped a certain leap there- abouts , the extent of which was specified upon the stone : ' Why now , ' says my uncle , ' I could ...
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