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... manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I neglected to ascertain with precision , from Johnson's own authority . He has marked upon his corrected copy of the first edition of it , " Written in 1738 ; " and , as it was published ...
... manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I neglected to ascertain with precision , from Johnson's own authority . He has marked upon his corrected copy of the first edition of it , " Written in 1738 ; " and , as it was published ...
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... manner , it became habitual to him.1 Yet he was not altogether unprepared as a periodical writer ; for I have in my possession a small duodecimo volume in which he has written in the form of Mr. Locke's " Common - Place Book , " a ...
... manner , it became habitual to him.1 Yet he was not altogether unprepared as a periodical writer ; for I have in my possession a small duodecimo volume in which he has written in the form of Mr. Locke's " Common - Place Book , " a ...
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... manner's But it must at the same time , be allowed , that they contain many good precepts of conduct , and much genuine information upon life and manners , very happily expressed , and that there was considerable merit in paying so much ...
... manner's But it must at the same time , be allowed , that they contain many good precepts of conduct , and much genuine information upon life and manners , very happily expressed , and that there was considerable merit in paying so much ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
17371738 | 47 |
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