The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... respect , this work will , in some pas- sages , be different from the former . In my Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to dis- play the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect , this work will , in some pas- sages , be different from the former . In my Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to dis- play the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
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... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the public , which should oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the public , which should oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
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... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue , and to truth . ” [ Rambler , No. 60. ] following work , is , the quantity it contains of What I consider as the peculiar value of the Johnson's conversation , which is universally ac ...
... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue , and to truth . ” [ Rambler , No. 60. ] following work , is , the quantity it contains of What I consider as the peculiar value of the Johnson's conversation , which is universally ac ...
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... respect for Jorden , not for his literature , § but for his worth . " Whenever , " said he , " a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . ' " Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr ...
... respect for Jorden , not for his literature , § but for his worth . " Whenever , " said he , " a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . ' " Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr ...
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... respect- able character of his parents , and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett ...
... respect- able character of his parents , and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett ...
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