The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... Warton , and the reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning X ADVERTISEMENT .
... Warton , and the reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning X ADVERTISEMENT .
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James Boswell. Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an 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 ...
James Boswell. Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an 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 ...
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... Warton , have been kindly communicated to us by the learned President of Trinity college , who possesses the originals . We beg to offer them here , as they were discovered too late for insertion in their proper places . Vol . I. p ...
... Warton , have been kindly communicated to us by the learned President of Trinity college , who possesses the originals . We beg to offer them here , as they were discovered too late for insertion in their proper places . Vol . I. p ...
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... Warton informs me , that nis early friend of Johnson was entered a commoner of Trinity college , Oxford , aged 17 , in 1698 ; and is the author of many Latin verse translations in the Gentleman's Magazine . One of them is a translation ...
... Warton informs me , that nis early friend of Johnson was entered a commoner of Trinity college , Oxford , aged 17 , in 1698 ; and is the author of many Latin verse translations in the Gentleman's Magazine . One of them is a translation ...
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... Warton made this re- mark to me ; and , in support of it , quoted from the poem entitled The Bastard , a line in which the fancied superiority of one stamped in nature's mint with ecstacy , is contrasted with a regular lawful descendant ...
... Warton made this re- mark to me ; and , in support of it , quoted from the poem entitled The Bastard , a line in which the fancied superiority of one stamped in nature's mint with ecstacy , is contrasted with a regular lawful descendant ...
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