The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1 |
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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 peruse 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 peruse it , and to ...
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... once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and delight . E. M. June 20 , 1804 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTH EDITION . In this fifth edition some errors of the press , which had crept into the text and notes , in consequence of ...
... once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and delight . E. M. June 20 , 1804 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTH EDITION . In this fifth edition some errors of the press , which had crept into the text and notes , in consequence of ...
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... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his descent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his descent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
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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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