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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... acquaintance can bear testimony to the frankness of his communications in private society . It is not my intention to dwell upon each of Johnson's " Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to ...
... acquaintance can bear testimony to the frankness of his communications in private society . It is not my intention to dwell upon each of Johnson's " Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to ...
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... , he seems not much acquainted . He is , therefore , with all his variety of excellence , not often pathetic , and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural , that he did ĘTAT . 72 . 13 DRYDEN .
... , he seems not much acquainted . He is , therefore , with all his variety of excellence , not often pathetic , and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural , that he did ĘTAT . 72 . 13 DRYDEN .
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... acquainted . But such instances , though we must wonder at them , are not rare . If I am rightly in- formed , after a careful inquiry , they never met but once , which was at the house of Mrs. French , in London , well known for her ...
... acquainted . But such instances , though we must wonder at them , are not rare . If I am rightly in- formed , after a careful inquiry , they never met but once , which was at the house of Mrs. French , in London , well known for her ...
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... acquainted with Steele , told him the same story . M. - Lady Dorothea was the sixth and youngest daughter of the first Earl of Roseberry , but she could not have been , at her death , in 1768 , more than sixty - five , and was probably ...
... acquainted with Steele , told him the same story . M. - Lady Dorothea was the sixth and youngest daughter of the first Earl of Roseberry , but she could not have been , at her death , in 1768 , more than sixty - five , and was probably ...
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... acquaintance and in- dulgent notice of my first attempts in literature . He was all that Mr. Malone says of him . — C. - ( 2 ) Dr. Benjamin Heath , celebrated for a curious library , which was sold in 1810 , at very high prices . - C ...
... acquaintance and in- dulgent notice of my first attempts in literature . He was all that Mr. Malone says of him . — C. - ( 2 ) Dr. Benjamin Heath , celebrated for a curious library , which was sold in 1810 , at very high prices . - C ...
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