The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... kind of compul- sion . If I praise a man's book without being asked my opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be ...
... kind of compul- sion . If I praise a man's book without being asked my opinion of it , that is honest praise , to which one may trust . But if an author asks me if I like his book , and I give him something like praise , it must not be ...
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... kind of public oracle , whom every body thought they had a right to visit and consult ; and doubtless they were well rewarded . I never could discover how he found time for his compositions . He declaimed all the morning , then went to ...
... kind of public oracle , whom every body thought they had a right to visit and consult ; and doubtless they were well rewarded . I never could discover how he found time for his compositions . He declaimed all the morning , then went to ...
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... kind enough to give me an inscription suited to that particular scene ; or determine which of the two formerly transmitted to you is the best and , at any rate , favour me with an English translation . It will be doubly kind if you ...
... kind enough to give me an inscription suited to that particular scene ; or determine which of the two formerly transmitted to you is the best and , at any rate , favour me with an English translation . It will be doubly kind if you ...
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Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
17661767 | 9 |
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