The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been ... written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and ...
... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been ... written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and ...
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... writing . Since my work was announced several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most ... written while Sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some ...
... writing . Since my work was announced several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most ... written while Sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some ...
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... written , that it might lay open to posterity the private and familiar character of that man , cujus ingenium et candorem ex ipsius scriptis sunt olim semper miraturi , whose candour and genius will to the end of time be by his writings ...
... written , that it might lay open to posterity the private and familiar character of that man , cujus ingenium et candorem ex ipsius scriptis sunt olim semper miraturi , whose candour and genius will to the end of time be by his writings ...
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... writing a life , when they exhibit a chronological series of actions or preferments ; and so little regard the manners or ... written by such as were not likely to give much instruc- tion or delight , and why most accounts of particular ...
... writing a life , when they exhibit a chronological series of actions or preferments ; and so little regard the manners or ... written by such as were not likely to give much instruc- tion or delight , and why most accounts of particular ...
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... written by the Rev. George Plaxton , Chaplain at that time to Lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held : — " Johnson , the Lichfield librarian , is now here ; he ...
... written by the Rev. George Plaxton , Chaplain at that time to Lord Gower , which may serve to show the high estimation in which the father of our great moralist was held : — " Johnson , the Lichfield librarian , is now here ; he ...
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