The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... lines laid down by an Irish painter he had known in Birmingham , he practised the art of living in a garret at eighteenpence a week ; and here , too , according to Murphy , he composed for the Gentleman's Magazine that vi INTRODUCTION.
... lines laid down by an Irish painter he had known in Birmingham , he practised the art of living in a garret at eighteenpence a week ; and here , too , according to Murphy , he composed for the Gentleman's Magazine that vi INTRODUCTION.
Page viii
... lines of it in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till they were finished . " Compared with the five couplets of the Deserted Village , which Goldsmith thought " no bad morning's work , " this is certainly a good deal ...
... lines of it in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till they were finished . " Compared with the five couplets of the Deserted Village , which Goldsmith thought " no bad morning's work , " this is certainly a good deal ...
Page xv
... lines on 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 ...
... lines on 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 ...
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... lines a little varied , 2 " Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty . " That superiority over his fellows , which ... line is in KING HENRY VI . Part ii . act iv . sc . last : " Sword , I will hallow thee for this thy deed . ” — M ...
... lines a little varied , 2 " Rod , I will honour thee for this thy duty . " That superiority over his fellows , which ... line is in KING HENRY VI . Part ii . act iv . sc . last : " Sword , I will hallow thee for this thy deed . ” — M ...
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... line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy barefooted , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no ...
... line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he took a pleasure in being drawn upon the ice by a boy barefooted , who pulled him along by a garter fixed round him ; no ...
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