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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1 |
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... - valuable collections of Prints , Paintings , and other relics illus- trative of the life and times of Samuel Johnson . London , March , 1851 . CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. Preface Contents List of Illustrations Dedication.
... - valuable collections of Prints , Paintings , and other relics illus- trative of the life and times of Samuel Johnson . London , March , 1851 . CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. Preface Contents List of Illustrations Dedication.
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... ; and he died in the same month of the following year . This edition we have fol- lowed , as fairly settling the text of the work . March , 1851 . This edition of " Boswell's Life of Johnson " has MR . MALONE'S ADVERTISEMENTS . XXV.
... ; and he died in the same month of the following year . This edition we have fol- lowed , as fairly settling the text of the work . March , 1851 . This edition of " Boswell's Life of Johnson " has MR . MALONE'S ADVERTISEMENTS . XXV.
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... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordi- nary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by com- parison ; the intellectual difference ...
... march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordi- nary powers of mind , of which he could not but be conscious by com- parison ; the intellectual difference ...
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... March , 1776. - BOSWELL . 2 It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the ...
... March , 1776. - BOSWELL . 2 It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures , and also the ...
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... march through this world to a better , his mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment- " Igneus est ollis vigor et cœlestis origo . " ― Æn . vi . 730 . The history ...
... march through this world to a better , his mind still appeared grand and brilliant , and impressed all around him with the truth of Virgil's noble sentiment- " Igneus est ollis vigor et cœlestis origo . " ― Æn . vi . 730 . The history ...
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