The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... merits on the great night when She Stoops to Conquer was produced at Covent Garden , and this must also have been his greatest theatrical appearance . " All eyes were upon Johnson , " writes Richard Cumberland in his Memoirs . He " sate ...
... merits on the great night when She Stoops to Conquer was produced at Covent Garden , and this must also have been his greatest theatrical appearance . " All eyes were upon Johnson , " writes Richard Cumberland in his Memoirs . He " sate ...
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... merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ...
... merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ...
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... merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I furnish it to the best of my ...
... merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I furnish it to the best of my ...
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... merit as he could conceive . " His next instructor in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling- book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE ; but , I ...
... merit as he could conceive . " His next instructor in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling- book , and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE ; but , I ...
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... merits of his son , and told the company he was a good scholar , and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved 1 Athen . Oxon . edit . 1721 , i . 627 . • Pembroke Tiete Oxford ...
... merits of his son , and told the company he was a good scholar , and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved 1 Athen . Oxon . edit . 1721 , i . 627 . • Pembroke Tiete Oxford ...
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