The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... London together . Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week , and Mr Johnson to try his fate with a tragedy , and to see to get himself employed in some translation , either from the Latin or the French . Johnson is a very good ...
... London together . Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week , and Mr Johnson to try his fate with a tragedy , and to see to get himself employed in some translation , either from the Latin or the French . Johnson is a very good ...
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... London . " If the departure mentioned in it was the departure of Savage , the event was not antedated but foreseen ; for " London " was published in May , 1738 , and Savage did not set out for Wales till July , 1739. However well ...
... London . " If the departure mentioned in it was the departure of Savage , the event was not antedated but foreseen ; for " London " was published in May , 1738 , and Savage did not set out for Wales till July , 1739. However well ...
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... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of Human Wishes . ' Garrick , for instance , observed in his sprightly manner , with more ...
... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of Human Wishes . ' Garrick , for instance , observed in his sprightly manner , with more ...
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