“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , " Your's , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , " Your's , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
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... poem , THE FLEECE . " Having talked of Grainger's " Sugar - Cane , " I mentioned to him Mr. Langton's having told me , that this poem , when read in manuscript at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , had made all the assembled wits burst into a ...
... poem , THE FLEECE . " Having talked of Grainger's " Sugar - Cane , " I mentioned to him Mr. Langton's having told me , that this poem , when read in manuscript at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , had made all the assembled wits burst into a ...
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... Poem ; ' or ' The Cabbage - garden , a Poem . " " BOSWELL . " You must then pickle your cabbage with the sal atticum . " JOHNSON . " You know there is already ' The Hop - Garden , a Poem : ' and , I think , one could say a great deal ...
... Poem ; ' or ' The Cabbage - garden , a Poem . " " BOSWELL . " You must then pickle your cabbage with the sal atticum . " JOHNSON . " You know there is already ' The Hop - Garden , a Poem : ' and , I think , one could say a great deal ...
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