The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the. 1 A prize of fifty pounds for the best poem ' on Life , Death , Judgement , Heaven , and Hell ...
... verses , which I have not been able to recover ; but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the. 1 A prize of fifty pounds for the best poem ' on Life , Death , Judgement , Heaven , and Hell ...
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... Verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a Sprig of Myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her bosom . We all know honest Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . ' Such ...
... Verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a Sprig of Myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her bosom . We all know honest Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . ' Such ...
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... Verses at the End of Cluverius's Geo- graphy . [ H & 1 ] b fruitful [ 1 ] c & sometimes both- or either , [ 1 ] d So have I seen some Youth set out [ 1 ] • Some new Religion to find out [ 1 ] f The Verses are in Cluverius's Geography ...
... Verses at the End of Cluverius's Geo- graphy . [ H & 1 ] b fruitful [ 1 ] c & sometimes both- or either , [ 1 ] d So have I seen some Youth set out [ 1 ] • Some new Religion to find out [ 1 ] f The Verses are in Cluverius's Geography ...
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