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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... excellent Dedi- cation of his Juvenal , but had barely mentioned them . Johnson has exhibited them at large , with such happy illustration from their writings , and in so luminous a manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit ...
... excellent Dedi- cation of his Juvenal , but had barely mentioned them . Johnson has exhibited them at large , with such happy illustration from their writings , and in so luminous a manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit ...
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... , per- haps , more admirable than even his writings , how- ever excellent . Mr. Wilkes has , however , favoured me with one repartee of Pope , of which Johnson was not informed . ( 1 ) Johnson , after 18 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... , per- haps , more admirable than even his writings , how- ever excellent . Mr. Wilkes has , however , favoured me with one repartee of Pope , of which Johnson was not informed . ( 1 ) Johnson , after 18 1781 . LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are justly entitled . " The Universal Passion , " says he , " is indeed a very great performance , his distichs have the weight of solid sentiment , and his points ...
... excellent works of Young , he allows them the high praise to which they are justly entitled . " The Universal Passion , " says he , " is indeed a very great performance , his distichs have the weight of solid sentiment , and his points ...
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... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he can be but half a beau . ” 66 Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given us a fine portrait of ...
... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he can be but half a beau . ” 66 Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given us a fine portrait of ...
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... parochial duties was exemplary . How his Sermons were composed , may be learned from ( 1 ) See ant่ , Vol II . p . 147 . the excellent volume which he has given to the public E 2 ETAT . 72. MODEL OF A CLERGYMAN . bl བ.
... parochial duties was exemplary . How his Sermons were composed , may be learned from ( 1 ) See ant่ , Vol II . p . 147 . the excellent volume which he has given to the public E 2 ETAT . 72. MODEL OF A CLERGYMAN . bl བ.
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