“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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... written only one number ; 2 and besides , even at any after 1 [ It is not improbable , that the " authour and authouress , with whom a treaty was almost made , -for descriptions of life , " and who are mentioned in a manner that seems ...
... written only one number ; 2 and besides , even at any after 1 [ It is not improbable , that the " authour and authouress , with whom a treaty was almost made , -for descriptions of life , " and who are mentioned in a manner that seems ...
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... written them down , and often , from laziness , have written only half lines . I have written a hundred lines in a day . I remember , I wrote a hundred lines of ' The Vanity of Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor , ( turning to Goldsmith ...
... written them down , and often , from laziness , have written only half lines . I have written a hundred lines in a day . I remember , I wrote a hundred lines of ' The Vanity of Human Wishes ' in a day . Doctor , ( turning to Goldsmith ...
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... writing , and observed , " Dryden has written prologues superiour to any that David Garrick has written ; but David Garrick has written more good prologues than Dryden has done . It is wonderful that he has been able to write such ...
... writing , and observed , " Dryden has written prologues superiour to any that David Garrick has written ; but David Garrick has written more good prologues than Dryden has done . It is wonderful that he has been able to write such ...
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