Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D.J.M.Dent, 1927 |
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... collections ; and various other small pieces ; but being a very modest man , never put his name to any thing . He shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of ...
... collections ; and various other small pieces ; but being a very modest man , never put his name to any thing . He shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of ...
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... Collection , and maintained , that though you could not find a palace like Dryden's " Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , " you had villages composed of very pretty houses ; and he mentioned particularly " The Spleen . " JOHNSON . " I think ...
... Collection , and maintained , that though you could not find a palace like Dryden's " Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , " you had villages composed of very pretty houses ; and he mentioned particularly " The Spleen . " JOHNSON . " I think ...
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... collected . Davies said , they would not sell . Dr. Johnson seemed to think otherwise . 1 See an ingenious Essay on this subject by the late Dr. Moor , Greek professor at Glasgow . ( See also a learned note on this passage of Aristotle ...
... collected . Davies said , they would not sell . Dr. Johnson seemed to think otherwise . 1 See an ingenious Essay on this subject by the late Dr. Moor , Greek professor at Glasgow . ( See also a learned note on this passage of Aristotle ...
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... collection of medals would do credit to persons of greater opulence . [ Mr. Nathaniel Thomas , who was many years Editor of the St. James's Chronicle , died March 1 , 1795.-M. ] B country , but is little benefited ; and Dr. 66 The Life ...
... collection of medals would do credit to persons of greater opulence . [ Mr. Nathaniel Thomas , who was many years Editor of the St. James's Chronicle , died March 1 , 1795.-M. ] B country , but is little benefited ; and Dr. 66 The Life ...
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... collection of them . He transmitted the manuscript to Mr. Strahan , the printer , who after keeping it for some time , wrote a letter to him , discouraging the publica- tion . Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most ...
... collection of them . He transmitted the manuscript to Mr. Strahan , the printer , who after keeping it for some time , wrote a letter to him , discouraging the publica- tion . Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most ...
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