The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... heard ? " - " I have heard Ossian , Oscar , and every one of them . " Johnson said of Chatterton , " This is the most extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge It is wonder- ful how the whelp has written such things ...
... heard ? " - " I have heard Ossian , Oscar , and every one of them . " Johnson said of Chatterton , " This is the most extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge It is wonder- ful how the whelp has written such things ...
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... heard . " 2 I told him , that I had been present the day before , when Mrs. Montague , the literary lady , sat to Miss Reynolds for her picture ; and that she said , " she had bound up Mr. Gibbon's History without the last two offensive ...
... heard . " 2 I told him , that I had been present the day before , when Mrs. Montague , the literary lady , sat to Miss Reynolds for her picture ; and that she said , " she had bound up Mr. Gibbon's History without the last two offensive ...
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... HEARD yesterday of your late disorder , and should think ill of myself if I had heard of it without alarm . I heard likewise of your recovery , which I sincerely wish to be com- plete and permanent . Your country has been in danger of ...
... HEARD yesterday of your late disorder , and should think ill of myself if I had heard of it without alarm . I heard likewise of your recovery , which I sincerely wish to be com- plete and permanent . Your country has been in danger of ...
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