The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 112
... English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , 2 is unrivalled . Like the celebrated Epilogue to the " Distressed Mother , " it was , during the season , often called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages ...
... English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , 2 is unrivalled . Like the celebrated Epilogue to the " Distressed Mother , " it was , during the season , often called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages ...
Page 178
... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : " An account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : " An account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
Page 255
... English language , a man whose talents and worth were depressed by misfortunes , had given me a representation of the figure and manner of DICTIONARY JOHNSON ! as he was then generally called ; 1 and during my first visit to London ...
... English language , a man whose talents and worth were depressed by misfortunes , had given me a representation of the figure and manner of DICTIONARY JOHNSON ! as he was then generally called ; 1 and during my first visit to London ...
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