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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... expression his legs ( 1 ) See , however , p . 9. of this volume , where the same remark is made , and Johnson is there speaking of prose . In his Life of Dryden , his observations on the opera of " King Arthur " fur- nish a striking ...
... expression his legs ( 1 ) See , however , p . 9. of this volume , where the same remark is made , and Johnson is there speaking of prose . In his Life of Dryden , his observations on the opera of " King Arthur " fur- nish a striking ...
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... expression , by having a greater variety of synonymes . His dissertation upon the unfitness of poetry for the awful subjects of our holy religion , though I do not entirely agree with him , has all the merit of originality , with ...
... expression , by having a greater variety of synonymes . His dissertation upon the unfitness of poetry for the awful subjects of our holy religion , though I do not entirely agree with him , has all the merit of originality , with ...
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... expressed his admiration of the fertility of War- burton's genius and of the variety of his materials , was , " The table is always full , Sir . He brings things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter . In his Divine ...
... expressed his admiration of the fertility of War- burton's genius and of the variety of his materials , was , " The table is always full , Sir . He brings things from the north , and the south , and from every quarter . In his Divine ...
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... expression which he himself used , and that not seldom , to the great offence of those who did not know him . Having occasion to mention a note , stating the different parts which were executed by the associated translators of " The ...
... expression which he himself used , and that not seldom , to the great offence of those who did not know him . Having occasion to mention a note , stating the different parts which were executed by the associated translators of " The ...
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... expression , " Пl pétille d'esprit , " is particularly suited . He has gratified me by mentioning that he heard Dr. Johnson say , " Sir , if I were to lose Boswell it would be a limb amputated . " ( 2 ) William Weller Pepys , Esq ...
... expression , " Пl pétille d'esprit , " is particularly suited . He has gratified me by mentioning that he heard Dr. Johnson say , " Sir , if I were to lose Boswell it would be a limb amputated . " ( 2 ) William Weller Pepys , Esq ...
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