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 2National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... remarked , that he neither wanted parts nor literature ; but that his vanity and Quixotism obscured his merits . " He said , foppery was never cured ; it was the bad stamina of the mind , which , like those of the body , were never ...
... remarked , that he neither wanted parts nor literature ; but that his vanity and Quixotism obscured his merits . " He said , foppery was never cured ; it was the bad stamina of the mind , which , like those of the body , were never ...
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... remarks from Leandro Alberti . Mr. Beauclerk said , It was alleged that he had borrowed also from another Italian author . " JOHNSON : ' Why , Sir , all who go to look for what the classics have said of Italy , must find the same ...
... remarks from Leandro Alberti . Mr. Beauclerk said , It was alleged that he had borrowed also from another Italian author . " JOHNSON : ' Why , Sir , all who go to look for what the classics have said of Italy , must find the same ...
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... remark introduced into Captain Brydone's entertaining tour , I hope heedlessly , from a kind of vanity which is too common in those who have not sufficiently studied the most important of all subjects . Dr. Johnson , indeed , had said ...
... remark introduced into Captain Brydone's entertaining tour , I hope heedlessly , from a kind of vanity which is too common in those who have not sufficiently studied the most important of all subjects . Dr. Johnson , indeed , had said ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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