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 Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... lived with him , than his genius in his art is admired by the world , explained his conduct thus : " He was fond of discrimination , which he could not shew with- out pointing out the bad as well as the good in every character ; and as ...
... lived with him , than his genius in his art is admired by the world , explained his conduct thus : " He was fond of discrimination , which he could not shew with- out pointing out the bad as well as the good in every character ; and as ...
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... lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of conversation : and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however , allowed considerable merit to some of his comedies ...
... lived with the great and the witty , should have acquired so ill the talents of conversation : and he had but half to furnish ; for one half of what he said was oaths . " He , however , allowed considerable merit to some of his comedies ...
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... lived . " Tom Davies instanced Charles the Second . JOHNSON , ( taking fire at any at- tack upon that Prince , for whom he had an extraordi- nary partiality ) . " Charles the Second was licentious in his practice ; but he always had a ...
... lived . " Tom Davies instanced Charles the Second . JOHNSON , ( taking fire at any at- tack upon that Prince , for whom he had an extraordi- nary partiality ) . " Charles the Second was licentious in his practice ; but he always had a ...
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... lived . Addison does not seem to have gone deep into Italian literature : he shew , thing of it in his subsequent writings . - He shews a great deal of French learning . " M. ] no- 2 [ Addison , however , does not mention where this ...
... lived . Addison does not seem to have gone deep into Italian literature : he shew , thing of it in his subsequent writings . - He shews a great deal of French learning . " M. ] no- 2 [ Addison , however , does not mention where this ...
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... lived with him . What I have preserved , however , has the value of the most perfect authenticity . He this day enlarged upon Pope's melancholy re- mark , " Man , never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was ...
... lived with him . What I have preserved , however , has the value of the most perfect authenticity . He this day enlarged upon Pope's melancholy re- mark , " Man , never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was ...
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