The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... literary ambition , Had this happened twenty years ago , I should have gone to Constantinople to learn Arabick , as Pococke did . " " " As an instance of the niceness of his taste , though he praised West's translation of Pindar , he ...
... literary ambition , Had this happened twenty years ago , I should have gone to Constantinople to learn Arabick , as Pococke did . " " " As an instance of the niceness of his taste , though he praised West's translation of Pindar , he ...
Page 356
... literary merit , as in a considerable degree to influence the publick opinion , review an authour's works , placido lumine , when I am afraid mankind in general are better pleased with severity , he may surely express a grateful sense ...
... literary merit , as in a considerable degree to influence the publick opinion , review an authour's works , placido lumine , when I am afraid mankind in general are better pleased with severity , he may surely express a grateful sense ...
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... literary man could not be very entertaining . JOHNSON . " But it certainly may . This is a remark which has been made , and repeated , without justice ; why should the life of a literary man be less entertaining than the life of any ...
... literary man could not be very entertaining . JOHNSON . " But it certainly may . This is a remark which has been made , and repeated , without justice ; why should the life of a literary man be less entertaining than the life of any ...
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