Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... authour of so brilliant and pointed a sat- ire as Manners . Johnson's London was published in May , 1738 ; and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled 1738 ; so that England had at once its ...
... authour of so brilliant and pointed a sat- ire as Manners . Johnson's London was published in May , 1738 ; and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled 1738 ; so that England had at once its ...
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... authour . JOHNSON . " Pretty well , Sir , for one man . As to his being an authour . I have not looked at his poetry ; but his prose is poor stuff . He writes just as you might suppose Vol- taire's footboy to do , who has been his amanu ...
... authour . JOHNSON . " Pretty well , Sir , for one man . As to his being an authour . I have not looked at his poetry ; but his prose is poor stuff . He writes just as you might suppose Vol- taire's footboy to do , who has been his amanu ...
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... authour , by the Reverend Mr. Ralph Churton . the authour is entitled to an adequate reward . This he should have by an exclusive right to his work for a considerable number of years . " He attacked Lord Monboddo's strange spec- ulation ...
... authour , by the Reverend Mr. Ralph Churton . the authour is entitled to an adequate reward . This he should have by an exclusive right to his work for a considerable number of years . " He attacked Lord Monboddo's strange spec- ulation ...
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