The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages of it have been so often repeated , and are so well recollected by all the lovers of the drama , and of poetry , that it would be superfluous to point them out . In ...
... called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages of it have been so often repeated , and are so well recollected by all the lovers of the drama , and of poetry , that it would be superfluous to point them out . In ...
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... called Lethe , in which Mr. Garrick will perform . " In 1751 we are to consider him as carrying on both his Dictionary and Rambler . But he also wrote " The Life of Cheynel , " in the miscellany called " The Student ; " and the Reverend ...
... called Lethe , in which Mr. Garrick will perform . " In 1751 we are to consider him as carrying on both his Dictionary and Rambler . But he also wrote " The Life of Cheynel , " in the miscellany called " The Student ; " and the Reverend ...
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... called " Boulter's Monument . " 1 The reason ( said he ) why I wish for it , is this : when Dr. Madden came to London , he submitted that work to my castigation ; and I remember I blotted a great many lines , and might have blotted many ...
... called " Boulter's Monument . " 1 The reason ( said he ) why I wish for it , is this : when Dr. Madden came to London , he submitted that work to my castigation ; and I remember I blotted a great many lines , and might have blotted many ...
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