The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... Shakespeare . " He for Subscribers baits his hook , And takes their cash - but where's the Book ? ” - sang the inexorable Churchill , in reprobation of the great man's tardi- At Johnson's Court , the Doctor was already surrounded by his ...
... Shakespeare . " He for Subscribers baits his hook , And takes their cash - but where's the Book ? ” - sang the inexorable Churchill , in reprobation of the great man's tardi- At Johnson's Court , the Doctor was already surrounded by his ...
Page xv
... Shakespeare , - " Each change of many - colour'd life he drew , Exhausted worlds and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign , And panting Time toiled after him in vain , ” — also includes the still - quoted ...
... Shakespeare , - " Each change of many - colour'd life he drew , Exhausted worlds and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign , And panting Time toiled after him in vain , ” — also includes the still - quoted ...
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... Shakespeare's lines a little varied , 2 " Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty . " That superiority over his fellows , which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ...
... Shakespeare's lines a little varied , 2 " Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty . " That superiority over his fellows , which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ...
Page 448
... Shakespeare by Sir Thomas Hanmer ( 1677-1746 ) , for a short time Speaker of the House of Commons , was published in 1743-4 . III . The Earl of Kilmarnock , Lord Balmerino and Charles Radcliffe , were executed in 1746 , and Lord Lovat ...
... Shakespeare by Sir Thomas Hanmer ( 1677-1746 ) , for a short time Speaker of the House of Commons , was published in 1743-4 . III . The Earl of Kilmarnock , Lord Balmerino and Charles Radcliffe , were executed in 1746 , and Lord Lovat ...
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... Shakespeare in 1733 . 218. Thomas Blacklock ( 1721-1791 ) , the blind poet , whose letter to a friend in 1786 is usually supposed to have induced Burns to abandon his scheme of emigrating to the West Indies . Page 220. June 28 , 1758 ...
... Shakespeare in 1733 . 218. Thomas Blacklock ( 1721-1791 ) , the blind poet , whose letter to a friend in 1786 is usually supposed to have induced Burns to abandon his scheme of emigrating to the West Indies . Page 220. June 28 , 1758 ...
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