The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... Hetherington Fitzgerald. OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , L. L. D. VOL . VIII . Drawn by the late J. Smith . Engraved by E. Finden . OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. INCLUDING HIS TOUR TO THE. Johnson's Fousel Johnson's Cort , Fleet Street . BOSWELL'S LIFE.
... Hetherington Fitzgerald. OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , L. L. D. VOL . VIII . Drawn by the late J. Smith . Engraved by E. Finden . OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. INCLUDING HIS TOUR TO THE. Johnson's Fousel Johnson's Cort , Fleet Street . BOSWELL'S LIFE.
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... Johnson's Hearth - broom . - - Visit to Ashbourne and Lichfield - CHAPTER IV . 1782 . - Dr. Patten . Page 73 Death of Robert Levett . Verses to his Memory . - - - Dr. Lawrence . - - Death of Friendship .- " Beau- - Chat- - Misery of ...
... Johnson's Hearth - broom . - - Visit to Ashbourne and Lichfield - CHAPTER IV . 1782 . - Dr. Patten . Page 73 Death of Robert Levett . Verses to his Memory . - - - Dr. Lawrence . - - Death of Friendship .- " Beau- - Chat- - Misery of ...
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... Johnson's writ- ings , will perhaps be read most generally , and with most pleasure . Philology and biography were his favourite pursuits , and those who lived most in inti- macy with him , heard him upon all occasions , when there was ...
... Johnson's writ- ings , will perhaps be read most generally , and with most pleasure . Philology and biography were his favourite pursuits , and those who lived most in inti- macy with him , heard him upon all occasions , when there was ...
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... Johnson's " Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations upon some of them , and insert a few various ...
... Johnson's " Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations upon some of them , and insert a few various ...
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... Johnson took occasion to maintain his own and the general opinion of the excellence of rhyme over blank verse , in English poetry ; and quotes this apposite illustration of it by " an ingenious critic , " that it seems to be verse only ...
... Johnson took occasion to maintain his own and the general opinion of the excellence of rhyme over blank verse , in English poetry ; and quotes this apposite illustration of it by " an ingenious critic , " that it seems to be verse only ...
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