The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... thing from the object of Macaulay's censure , and in that shape has ever been deservedly popular . ** Of Croker's successors the most important are the Reverend Alexander Napier and Dr. Birkbeck Hill . Mr. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE vii ...
... thing from the object of Macaulay's censure , and in that shape has ever been deservedly popular . ** Of Croker's successors the most important are the Reverend Alexander Napier and Dr. Birkbeck Hill . Mr. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE vii ...
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... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table talk and other ...
... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the table talk and other ...
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... thing , as for neglect- ing to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , he would beat him , without con- sidering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up ...
... thing , as for neglect- ing to know it . He would ask a boy a question , and if he did not answer it , he would beat him , without con- sidering whether he had an opportunity of knowing how to answer it . For instance , he would call up ...
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... thing that he either heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the ...
... thing that he either heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the ...
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... thing , except a great part of his tragedy of Irene . Mr. Peter Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he remembered Johnson borrowing the Turkish History of him , in order to form his play from it . When he had finished ...
... thing , except a great part of his tragedy of Irene . Mr. Peter Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he remembered Johnson borrowing the Turkish History of him , in order to form his play from it . When he had finished ...
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