The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... eminent as the Head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the coun- tenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
... eminent as the Head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the coun- tenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
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... eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for , to use ...
... eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for , to use ...
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... eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins , the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Black- stone , and others ; not forgetting the cele- brated popular preacher , Mr ...
... eminent men who had been educated at Pembroke . In this list are found the names of Mr. Hawkins , the Poetry Professor , Mr. Shenstone , Sir William Black- stone , and others ; not forgetting the cele- brated popular preacher , Mr ...
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... eminent degree of curiosity ; nor is that curi- osity ever more agreeably or usefully employed , than in examining the laws and customs of foreign nations . I hope , therefore , the present I now presume to make will not be thought im ...
... eminent degree of curiosity ; nor is that curi- osity ever more agreeably or usefully employed , than in examining the laws and customs of foreign nations . I hope , therefore , the present I now presume to make will not be thought im ...
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... eminent men to the metropolis , was many years after- wards noticed in an allegorical poem on Shak- speare's mulberry - tree , by Mr. Lovibond , the ingenious author of The Tears of Old May- day . 1 Both of them used to talk pleasantly ...
... eminent men to the metropolis , was many years after- wards noticed in an allegorical poem on Shak- speare's mulberry - tree , by Mr. Lovibond , the ingenious author of The Tears of Old May- day . 1 Both of them used to talk pleasantly ...
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