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... friendship , and Langton made him acquainted with Topham Beauclerk.3 His circle of friends in the year 1752 ( when he lost his wife ) is given by Boswell ; they range in social rank from the Earl of Orrery to Mrs Gardiner , " wife of a ...
... friendship , and Langton made him acquainted with Topham Beauclerk.3 His circle of friends in the year 1752 ( when he lost his wife ) is given by Boswell ; they range in social rank from the Earl of Orrery to Mrs Gardiner , " wife of a ...
Page 131
... friends ; and if his friends are seized with the epidemical infatua- tion , and cannot find his genius , or will not confess it , let him then refer his cause to posterity , and reserve his labours for a future age . " Though an editor ...
... friends ; and if his friends are seized with the epidemical infatua- tion , and cannot find his genius , or will not confess it , let him then refer his cause to posterity , and reserve his labours for a future age . " Though an editor ...
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... friends ; and if his friends are seized with the epidemical infatua- tion , and cannot find his genius , or will not confess it , let him then refer his cause to posterity , and reserve his labours for a future age . " Though an editor ...
... friends ; and if his friends are seized with the epidemical infatua- tion , and cannot find his genius , or will not confess it , let him then refer his cause to posterity , and reserve his labours for a future age . " Though an editor ...
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INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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