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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... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , Yours , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , Yours , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
Page 111
... poem , can- dor obliges us to allow , that the flame of patriotism and zeal for popular resistance with which it is fraught had no just cause . There was , in truth , no " oppression ; " the " nation " was not " cheated . " Sir Robert ...
... poem , can- dor obliges us to allow , that the flame of patriotism and zeal for popular resistance with which it is fraught had no just cause . There was , in truth , no " oppression ; " the " nation " was not " cheated . " Sir Robert ...
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... poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his " London " he ...
... poem , however excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have mentioned , upon Johnson's own authority , that for his " London " he ...
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