The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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... Poem of London - Note from Pope relat- ing to Johnson xvi 1 ΡΙΟΣ CHAP . XVI . 1763-1765.- Boswell writes to John ... Poems- Journey to the Western Islands published - The Ossian Controversy 100 CHAP . XXX . 1775. - Boswell revisits ...
... Poem of London - Note from Pope relat- ing to Johnson xvi 1 ΡΙΟΣ CHAP . XVI . 1763-1765.- Boswell writes to John ... Poems- Journey to the Western Islands published - The Ossian Controversy 100 CHAP . XXX . 1775. - Boswell revisits ...
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... Poets completed - Various Readings - Dr . Towers ' re- marks on the Writings of Johnson - Attacks on The Lives of the Poets 283 CHAP . LIII . 1781. - Johnson's Correspondence with Warren Hastings - Death of Mr. Thrale- Mrs. Lucy Porter ...
... Poets completed - Various Readings - Dr . Towers ' re- marks on the Writings of Johnson - Attacks on The Lives of the Poets 283 CHAP . LIII . 1781. - Johnson's Correspondence with Warren Hastings - Death of Mr. Thrale- Mrs. Lucy Porter ...
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... poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him ... Poets in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him . MALONE . No man had a ...
... poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him ... Poets in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him . MALONE . No man had a ...
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... poems , inscriptions , etc. , never printed before , which he will sometimes supply you with , but likewise ... poem on Life , Death , Judgment , Heaven , and Hell . See Gentleman's Magazine , vol iv . p . 560. - NICHOLS . able ...
... poems , inscriptions , etc. , never printed before , which he will sometimes supply you with , but likewise ... poem on Life , Death , Judgment , Heaven , and Hell . See Gentleman's Magazine , vol iv . p . 560. - NICHOLS . able ...
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... 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 of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a ...
... 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 of this their first journey to London . Garrick , evidently meaning to embellish a ...
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