The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... Master . " Now he was the guest of that " beautiful , gay and fascinating Lady Craven , " whose play of The Sleep Walker Walpole printed at the Strawberry Hill Press ; now at General Paoli's in South Audley Street , where Goldsmith is ...
... Master . " Now he was the guest of that " beautiful , gay and fascinating Lady Craven , " whose play of The Sleep Walker Walpole printed at the Strawberry Hill Press ; now at General Paoli's in South Audley Street , where Goldsmith is ...
Page xxx
... master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ensure it credit and success , the Life of Dr. Johnson is , with the greatest propriety , dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend ...
... master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ensure it credit and success , the Life of Dr. Johnson is , with the greatest propriety , dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds , who was the intimate and beloved friend ...
Page xxxv
... Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers , whom I have long known a worthy man and an obliging friend . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the ...
... Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers , whom I have long known a worthy man and an obliging friend . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the ...
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... master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon 1 Plutarch's Life of ...
... master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon 1 Plutarch's Life of ...
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... master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . " There is surely internal evidence that this little composition com- bines in it , what no child of three years old ...
... master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . " There is surely internal evidence that this little composition com- bines in it , what no child of three years old ...
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