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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... character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " 1 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit : " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those ...
... character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " 1 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit : " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those ...
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... character of his parents , and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain ...
... character of his parents , and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain ...
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... character as an exhibition of Johnson , Sir David Dalrymple , Lord Hailes , one of the judges , maintained , with some warmth , that it was not intended as a portrait of Johnson , but of a late roble lord distinguished for abstruse ...
... character as an exhibition of Johnson , Sir David Dalrymple , Lord Hailes , one of the judges , maintained , with some warmth , that it was not intended as a portrait of Johnson , but of a late roble lord distinguished for abstruse ...
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