The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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Page 25
... excellent historical works in the ardour of contest , than expressed his real and decided opinion ; for it is not easy to suppose , that he should so widely differ from the rest of the literary world . JOHNSON : " I remember once being ...
... excellent historical works in the ardour of contest , than expressed his real and decided opinion ; for it is not easy to suppose , that he should so widely differ from the rest of the literary world . JOHNSON : " I remember once being ...
Page 26
... excellent a book as " The Whole Duty of Man " should conceal himself . JOHNSON : " There may be different reasons assigned for this , any one of which would be very sufficient . He may have been a clergyman , and may have thought that ...
... excellent a book as " The Whole Duty of Man " should conceal himself . JOHNSON : " There may be different reasons assigned for this , any one of which would be very sufficient . He may have been a clergyman , and may have thought that ...
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... excellent work , modestly entitled , A Discourse on the Evangelical History , from the Interment to the Ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; to which is prefixed , a truly interesting and pleasing account of the author , by ...
... excellent work , modestly entitled , A Discourse on the Evangelical History , from the Interment to the Ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; to which is prefixed , a truly interesting and pleasing account of the author , by ...
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... excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected only to the alteration of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward ' departed with the glory due to the conqueror of a free people . ' He says to ...
... excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected only to the alteration of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward ' departed with the glory due to the conqueror of a free people . ' He says to ...
Page 90
... excellent of all your performances , ' THE RAMBLER , ' the pleasure which I have been accustomed to find in it will be much diminished by the reflection that the writer of so moral , so elegant , and so valuable a work , was capable of ...
... excellent of all your performances , ' THE RAMBLER , ' the pleasure which I have been accustomed to find in it will be much diminished by the reflection that the writer of so moral , so elegant , and so valuable a work , was capable of ...
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