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5 Some excellent remarks on this subject , interspersed with amusing greenroom
anecdotes , may be found in a review of Boader ' s Life of John Philip Kemble , in
the Quarterly Rev . lxvii . 230 . The difference of the French and Eng . lish ...
5 Some excellent remarks on this subject , interspersed with amusing greenroom
anecdotes , may be found in a review of Boader ' s Life of John Philip Kemble , in
the Quarterly Rev . lxvii . 230 . The difference of the French and Eng . lish ...
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Mr . Mickle , the excellent translator of The Lusiad , was there . I have preserved
little of the conversation of this evening . Dr . Johnson said , “ Thomson had a true
poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is ...
Mr . Mickle , the excellent translator of The Lusiad , was there . I have preserved
little of the conversation of this evening . Dr . Johnson said , “ Thomson had a true
poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His fault is ...
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... very excellent Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare is addressed ; and Dr .
Harwood , who has written and published various works ; particularly a fantastical
translation of the New Testament , in modern phrase , and with a socinian twist .
... very excellent Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare is addressed ; and Dr .
Harwood , who has written and published various works ; particularly a fantastical
translation of the New Testament , in modern phrase , and with a socinian twist .
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Do we not judge of the drunken wit of the dialogue between Iago and Cassio , the
most excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever
means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the ...
Do we not judge of the drunken wit of the dialogue between Iago and Cassio , the
most excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever
means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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