The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... Essay published in that Magazine this year , entitled " The Apotheosis of Milton , " was written by Johnson ; and on that supposition it has been improperly inserted in the edition of his works by the Book- sellers , after his decease ...
... Essay published in that Magazine this year , entitled " The Apotheosis of Milton , " was written by Johnson ; and on that supposition it has been improperly inserted in the edition of his works by the Book- sellers , after his decease ...
Page 201
... essay on the same subject , and which , though carried on as if by the same hand , is both in thinking and ... essays truly written by him are marked in the same manner with some which he did not write , I cannot explain ; but with ...
... essay on the same subject , and which , though carried on as if by the same hand , is both in thinking and ... essays truly written by him are marked in the same manner with some which he did not write , I cannot explain ; but with ...
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... Essay on Shakspeare , being mentioned ; -REYNOLDS . " I think that essay does her honour . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , it does her honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the ...
... Essay on Shakspeare , being mentioned ; -REYNOLDS . " I think that essay does her honour . " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , it does her honour , but it would do nobody else honour . I have , indeed , not read it all . But when I take up the ...
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