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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... wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his frien ' , Mr. Edmund Hector : 2 VERSES TO ...
... wrote a copy of verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his frien ' , Mr. Edmund Hector : 2 VERSES TO ...
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... wrote for the booksellers in a great variety of branches . Though he certainly was not without considerable merit , he wrote with sc little regard to decency , and principles , and decorum , and in so hasty a manner , that his ...
... wrote for the booksellers in a great variety of branches . Though he certainly was not without considerable merit , he wrote with sc little regard to decency , and principles , and decorum , and in so hasty a manner , that his ...
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... wrote it before she was ac- quainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " † a beautiful little Fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of ...
... wrote it before she was ac- quainted with me ; but she has not told you that I wrote it all over again , except two lines . " " The Fountains , " † a beautiful little Fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of ...
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