The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... opinion upon Boswell's Parliament House ' clash , ' was remark- ably and indeed absurdly unfair , writes thus : ' I have frequently observed , in comparing the conduct of the court and the country party ( i.e. the Tories and the Whigs ) ...
... opinion upon Boswell's Parliament House ' clash , ' was remark- ably and indeed absurdly unfair , writes thus : ' I have frequently observed , in comparing the conduct of the court and the country party ( i.e. the Tories and the Whigs ) ...
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... opinion to drink it it made him forget the pain of being He was still Hercules , but not in fetters . He thought clearly , but not in agony ; he spoke exactly , but also freely . Within the whole range of English literature , we had ...
... opinion to drink it it made him forget the pain of being He was still Hercules , but not in fetters . He thought clearly , but not in agony ; he spoke exactly , but also freely . Within the whole range of English literature , we had ...
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... Opinions of Gray , Goldsmith , etc. 109 CHAP . XXXI . 1775. - Johnson's Opinion of Public CHAP . XV . 1763. - Account of Goldsmith - John- son accompanies Boswell to Harwich , on his intended Foreign Tour C2 CHAP . ΧΧΙΧ . 1774-1775 ...
... Opinions of Gray , Goldsmith , etc. 109 CHAP . XXXI . 1775. - Johnson's Opinion of Public CHAP . XV . 1763. - Account of Goldsmith - John- son accompanies Boswell to Harwich , on his intended Foreign Tour C2 CHAP . ΧΧΙΧ . 1774-1775 ...
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... Opinions of Hume -Johnson's Criticisms on Lyric Poetry - Arrival at Derby - Johnson's Opinion of Water - drink- ing - Intimacy between Johnson and Dr. Taylor -Johnson's Conversational Powers . CHAP . XLIIL 1777-1778 . - Mrs . Macaulay ...
... Opinions of Hume -Johnson's Criticisms on Lyric Poetry - Arrival at Derby - Johnson's Opinion of Water - drink- ing - Intimacy between Johnson and Dr. Taylor -Johnson's Conversational Powers . CHAP . XLIIL 1777-1778 . - Mrs . Macaulay ...
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... opinion which he has given , that every man's life may be best writ- ten by himself ; had he employed , in the pre- servation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many ...
... opinion which he has given , that every man's life may be best writ- ten by himself ; had he employed , in the pre- servation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many ...
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