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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... excellent biographer . His contributions to my collection are highly estimable ; and as he had a true relish of my " Tour to the Hebrides , " I trust I should now have been gratified with a larger share of his kind approbation . Dr ...
... excellent biographer . His contributions to my collection are highly estimable ; and as he had a true relish of my " Tour to the Hebrides , " I trust I should now have been gratified with a larger share of his kind approbation . Dr ...
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... excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality , loyalty and subordination , while it delights and improves the wise and the good , will , I trust , prove an effectual antidote to that detestable ...
... excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality , loyalty and subordination , while it delights and improves the wise and the good , will , I trust , prove an effectual antidote to that detestable ...
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... excellent and extraordinary man , whose wit and wisdom are here recorded , shall be viewed at a still greater distance ; and the instruc- tion and entertainment they afford will at once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and ...
... excellent and extraordinary man , whose wit and wisdom are here recorded , shall be viewed at a still greater distance ; and the instruc- tion and entertainment they afford will at once produce reverential gratitude , admiration , and ...
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... excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I fur- nish it to the best of my abilities ; but in the chronological series of Johnson's life , which I trace as ...
... excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I fur- nish it to the best of my abilities ; but in the chronological series of Johnson's life , which I trace as ...
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... excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was ...
... excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of the time that Johnson was ...
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