The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Authors, English |
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... remarkable that occurred ; and he afterwards spared no trouble in arranging and supplying the inevitable deficiencies of these hasty memoranda . 1 Mr. Wordsworth has obligingly furnished the editor with the following copy of a note in a ...
... remarkable that occurred ; and he afterwards spared no trouble in arranging and supplying the inevitable deficiencies of these hasty memoranda . 1 Mr. Wordsworth has obligingly furnished the editor with the following copy of a note in a ...
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... remarkable that occurred ; and he afterwards spared no trouble in arranging and supplying the inevitable deficiencies of these hasty memoranda . Mr. Wordsworth has obligingly furnished the editor with the following copy of a note in a ...
... remarkable that occurred ; and he afterwards spared no trouble in arranging and supplying the inevitable deficiencies of these hasty memoranda . Mr. Wordsworth has obligingly furnished the editor with the following copy of a note in a ...
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... remarkable for some peculiar merit , or which might tend to complete the history of Johnson's life . In the large extracts which have been made from Mrs. Thrale's correspondence , he has been guided entirely by this latter object . The ...
... remarkable for some peculiar merit , or which might tend to complete the history of Johnson's life . In the large extracts which have been made from Mrs. Thrale's correspondence , he has been guided entirely by this latter object . The ...
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... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , " That the strength of his under- standing , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity , might ...
... remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , " That the strength of his under- standing , the accuracy of his discernment , and the ardour of his curiosity , might ...
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... remarkable , and does honour to human nature . Talking to me once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " they never thought to raise me by com- paring me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a ...
... remarkable , and does honour to human nature . Talking to me once him- self of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , " they never thought to raise me by com- paring me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a ...
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