The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... poem . If you please to send it me by the post , with a note to Dodsley , I will go and read the lines to him , that we may have his consent to put his name in the title - page . As to the printing , if it can be set immediately about ...
... poem . If you please to send it me by the post , with a note to Dodsley , I will go and read the lines to him , that we may have his consent to put his name in the title - page . As to the printing , if it can be set immediately about ...
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... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , " Your's , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , " Your's , & c . " SAM . JOHNSON . " To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
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... poem annihilated , it must ever have our grateful reverence from its noble conclusion ; in which we are consoled with the assurance that happiness may be attained , if we " apply our hearts " to piety : " Where then shall hope and fear ...
... poem annihilated , it must ever have our grateful reverence from its noble conclusion ; in which we are consoled with the assurance that happiness may be attained , if we " apply our hearts " to piety : " Where then shall hope and fear ...
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