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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... acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an accumulation of intelligence from various points , by which his character is more fully understood ...
... acquainted with him , than even most of those were who actually knew him , but could know him only partially ; whereas there is here an accumulation of intelligence from various points , by which his character is more fully understood ...
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... acquainted with the nature of their task , or very negligent about the per- formance . They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from public papers , but imagine themselves writing a life , when they exhibit a ...
... acquainted with the nature of their task , or very negligent about the per- formance . They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from public papers , but imagine themselves writing a life , when they exhibit a ...
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... acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantic beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did , I told him that he resembled an ...
... acquainted agree , that no man was more nicely and minutely critical in the elegance of female dress . When I found that he saw the romantic beauties of Islam , in Derbyshire , much better than I did , I told him that he resembled an ...
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... acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that she had the ...
... acquainted . Mr. Meynell's eldest daughter was afterwards married to Mr. Fitzherbert , father to Mr. Alleyne Fitzherbert , lately minister to the court of Russia . Of her , Dr. Johnson said , in Dr. Lawrence's study , that she had the ...
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... acquainted with Johnson's manner will be sensible that there is nothing of it here ; but that this sentence might have been composed by any other man . But , in the Preface , the Johnsonian style begins to appear ; and though use had ...
... acquainted with Johnson's manner will be sensible that there is nothing of it here ; but that this sentence might have been composed by any other man . But , in the Preface , the Johnsonian style begins to appear ; and though use had ...
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