The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I ...
... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I ...
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... thought myself in the company , and of the party almost throughout . It has given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and ...
... thought myself in the company , and of the party almost throughout . It has given very general satisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a passage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and ...
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... , and said , and thought ; by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live , and to 1 Brit . Mus . 4320 , Avscough's Catal . Sloane MSS . B. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 5 " live o'er each 4 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... , and said , and thought ; by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live , and to 1 Brit . Mus . 4320 , Avscough's Catal . Sloane MSS . B. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 5 " live o'er each 4 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was as ...
... thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was as ...
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... thought ! Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud ...
... thought ! Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud ...
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