The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to pe- ruse it , and to ...
... once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that my friend sir Joshua Reynolds , to whom it is inscribed , lived to pe- ruse it , and to ...
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... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his man- ners , it is evident that they ...
... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his man- ners , it is evident that they ...
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... once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value ...
... once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value ...
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... once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is as good a scholar as ...
... once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one , but such a one is as good a scholar as ...
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... once pleasantly remarked to me how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle with- out them . Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects ...
... once pleasantly remarked to me how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle with- out them . Lord Chesterfield , however , has justly observed in one of his letters , when earnestly cautioning a friend against the pernicious effects ...
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