The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... authour of the papers marked T. But he had , at this time , written only one number ; 1 and besides , even at any after period , he might have used the same expression , considering it as a point of honour not to own them ; for Mrs ...
... authour of the papers marked T. But he had , at this time , written only one number ; 1 and besides , even at any after period , he might have used the same expression , considering it as a point of honour not to own them ; for Mrs ...
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... authour of an approved book may allow his natural disposition an easy play , and yet indulge the pride of superiour genius , when he con- siders that by those who know him only as an authour , he never ceases to be respected . Such an ...
... authour of an approved book may allow his natural disposition an easy play , and yet indulge the pride of superiour genius , when he con- siders that by those who know him only as an authour , he never ceases to be respected . Such an ...
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... authour : but that gentleman could furnish no aid on this occasion . At length the lines have been discovered by the authour's second son , Mr. James Boswell , in the London Magazine for July , 1732 , where they form part of a poem on ...
... authour : but that gentleman could furnish no aid on this occasion . At length the lines have been discovered by the authour's second son , Mr. James Boswell , in the London Magazine for July , 1732 , where they form part of a poem on ...
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