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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... seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyric , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was ...
... seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyric , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was ...
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... seen men- tioned in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus ex- cited , he sat down with avidity , and read a great part of the book . What he read during these two years , he told me , was ...
... seen men- tioned in some preface , as one of the restorers of learning . His curiosity having been thus ex- cited , he sat down with avidity , and read a great part of the book . What he read during these two years , he told me , was ...
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... seen . They were addressed " To Miss Hickman , playing on the Spinet . " At the back of this early poetical effusion , of which the original copy , in Johnson's handwriting , was obligingly communicated to me by Mr. John Taylor , is the ...
... seen . They were addressed " To Miss Hickman , playing on the Spinet . " At the back of this early poetical effusion , of which the original copy , in Johnson's handwriting , was obligingly communicated to me by Mr. John Taylor , is the ...
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... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his exquisite talent of mimicry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . That Johnson well ...
... seen Garrick exhibit her , by his exquisite talent of mimicry , so as to excite the heartiest bursts of laughter ; but he , probably , as is the case in all such representations , considerably aggravated the picture . That Johnson well ...
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... seen that the worthy , modest , and ingenious Mr. Robert Dodsley , had taste enough to perceive its uncommon merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bargained for the ...
... seen that the worthy , modest , and ingenious Mr. Robert Dodsley , had taste enough to perceive its uncommon merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bargained for the ...
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