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... authour of it : there is in it such a vigour of mind , such a swarm of thoughts , so much of nature , and art , and life . " I wondered to hear him say of " Gulliver's Travel , " " When once you have thought of big men and little men ...
... authour of it : there is in it such a vigour of mind , such a swarm of thoughts , so much of nature , and art , and life . " I wondered to hear him say of " Gulliver's Travel , " " When once you have thought of big men and little men ...
Page 304
... authour's widow and children . To conciliate the favour of the audience was the intention of Johnson's Prologue , which , as it is not long , I shall here insert , as a proof that his poetical talents were in no degree impaired . " THIS ...
... authour's widow and children . To conciliate the favour of the audience was the intention of Johnson's Prologue , which , as it is not long , I shall here insert , as a proof that his poetical talents were in no degree impaired . " THIS ...
Page 410
... authour as you talked to Elphinston ; you , who have been so long the manager of a theatre , rejecting the plays of poor authours . You are an old Judge , who have often pronounced sentence of death . You are a practised surgeon , who ...
... authour as you talked to Elphinston ; you , who have been so long the manager of a theatre , rejecting the plays of poor authours . You are an old Judge , who have often pronounced sentence of death . You are a practised surgeon , who ...
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