The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page ix
... essays for Hawkesworth's Adventurer , the Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to Chesterfield , which is still the pride of independent men of letters . At Gough Square ...
... essays for Hawkesworth's Adventurer , the Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to Chesterfield , which is still the pride of independent men of letters . At Gough Square ...
Page xix
... essay on Gay and ballad opera , or criticising the character of Sir Roger de Coverley . He was often at those ill - regulated feasts of Reynolds ' in Leicester Fields , where the company was so much better than the cooking ; and he was ...
... essay on Gay and ballad opera , or criticising the character of Sir Roger de Coverley . He was often at those ill - regulated feasts of Reynolds ' in Leicester Fields , where the company was so much better than the cooking ; and he was ...
Page 41
... Essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was the proprietor . After very diligent enquiry , I have not been able to recover those early specimens of that particular mode of writing by which Johnson afterwards so greatly ...
... Essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was the proprietor . After very diligent enquiry , I have not been able to recover those early specimens of that particular mode of writing by which Johnson afterwards so greatly ...
Page 62
... Essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a com- plete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own ...
... Essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a com- plete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own ...
Page 80
... Essay , & c . containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Confutation of their Opinions , and an Íllustration of the Doctrine of Free - will ; ' [ with what else you think ...
... Essay , & c . containing a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Confutation of their Opinions , and an Íllustration of the Doctrine of Free - will ; ' [ with what else you think ...
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