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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... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his " Life of Sydenham , " " That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity ...
... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his " Life of Sydenham , " " That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity ...
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... remarkable instances were long remembered there . - PERCY . 3 Mr. Hector , to whom we are indebted for so many reminiscences of Johnson's early life was a native of Lichfield , and became an eminent surgeon in Birmingham , where he died ...
... remarkable instances were long remembered there . - PERCY . 3 Mr. Hector , to whom we are indebted for so many reminiscences of Johnson's early life was a native of Lichfield , and became an eminent surgeon in Birmingham , where he died ...
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... remarkable for good breeding ; so that the notion which has been industriously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and consequently had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners by long ...
... remarkable for good breeding ; so that the notion which has been industriously circulated and believed , that he never was in good company till late in life , and consequently had been confirmed in coarse and ferocious manners by long ...
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... remarkable evidence that his regard and fondness for her never ceased , even after her death . He now set up a private academy , for which purpose he hired a large was gone , and poor Mrs. Johnson was much agitated by the adventure : it ...
... remarkable evidence that his regard and fondness for her never ceased , even after her death . He now set up a private academy , for which purpose he hired a large was gone , and poor Mrs. Johnson was much agitated by the adventure : it ...
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... remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 ; " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend Dr. Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , to whom I am ...
... remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 ; " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend Dr. Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , to whom I am ...
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