The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... excellent classical scholar : - : - " Ad Authorem Carminis AD ORNATISSIMAM PUELLAM . " O cui non potuit , quia culta , placere puella , Qui speras Musam posse placere tuam ! " - MALONE . G to Dr. Mead , which is conceived with great ...
... excellent classical scholar : - : - " Ad Authorem Carminis AD ORNATISSIMAM PUELLAM . " O cui non potuit , quia culta , placere puella , Qui speras Musam posse placere tuam ! " - MALONE . G to Dr. Mead , which is conceived with great ...
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... excellent mother ; and I hope you will not think me incapable of partaking of your grief . I have it made eight handsome volumes . It is , unquestionably , the most accurate and beautiful edition of this work ; and there being but a ...
... excellent mother ; and I hope you will not think me incapable of partaking of your grief . I have it made eight handsome volumes . It is , unquestionably , the most accurate and beautiful edition of this work ; and there being but a ...
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... excellent moral , while it inculcates a future state of retribution ; 1 and what it teaches is impressed upon the mind by a series of as deep distress as can affect humanity , in the amiable and pious heroine who goes to her grave ...
... excellent moral , while it inculcates a future state of retribution ; 1 and what it teaches is impressed upon the mind by a series of as deep distress as can affect humanity , in the amiable and pious heroine who goes to her grave ...
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