The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... poem of London ; and from a letter he sent from the provinces to his wife , it seems that the landlady's name was Mrs. Crow . This letter , which belongs to Mr. W. R. Smith of Greatham Moor , West Liss , Hants , is the document where he ...
... poem of London ; and from a letter he sent from the provinces to his wife , it seems that the landlady's name was Mrs. Crow . This letter , which belongs to Mr. W. R. Smith of Greatham Moor , West Liss , Hants , is the document where he ...
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... Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks , " Ex alieno ingenio Poeta , ex ...
... Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks , " Ex alieno ingenio Poeta , ex ...
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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 when he was alone ; that Horace's Odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before he ...
... poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that Horace's Odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before he ...
Page 34
... at seeing several pages of his " Lives of the Poets , " in Manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him.-M. ] upon the second floor over the gateway . The enthusiast 34 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
... at seeing several pages of his " Lives of the Poets , " in Manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him.-M. ] upon the second floor over the gateway . The enthusiast 34 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
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... poets ; adding , with a smile of sportive triumph , " Sir , we are a nest of singing birds . " He was not , however , blind to what he thought the defects of his own college : and I have , from the information of Dr. Taylor , a very ...
... poets ; adding , with a smile of sportive triumph , " Sir , we are a nest of singing birds . " He was not , however , blind to what he thought the defects of his own college : and I have , from the information of Dr. Taylor , a very ...
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