The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... London with his Wife - Becomes a Writer in the Gentleman's Magazine . JOHNSON now thought of trying his fortune in London , the great field of genius and exertion , where talents of every kind have the fullest scope and the highest ...
... London with his Wife - Becomes a Writer in the Gentleman's Magazine . JOHNSON now thought of trying his fortune in London , the great field of genius and exertion , where talents of every kind have the fullest scope and the highest ...
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... London " was published in May , 1738 ; and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 : " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Rev. Dr. Douglas ...
... London " was published in May , 1738 ; and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 : " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Rev. Dr. Douglas ...
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... London , ' which is lively and easy : when he became more retired , he gave us his Vanity of Human Wishes , ' which is as hard as Greek : had he gone on to imitate another satire , it would have been as hard as Hebrew . " 1 But " The ...
... London , ' which is lively and easy : when he became more retired , he gave us his Vanity of Human Wishes , ' which is as hard as Greek : had he gone on to imitate another satire , it would have been as hard as Hebrew . " 1 But " The ...
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