The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London., 1826 |
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... writing for them , or greatly improving their dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr ... write to him , when I had any thing worthy of communicating . VOL . II . B I generally kept copies of my letters to ...
... writing for them , or greatly improving their dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr ... write to him , when I had any thing worthy of communicating . VOL . II . B I generally kept copies of my letters to ...
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... writer , however , was not the first who suggested this image ; for it is found also in an old book entitled A Work worth the reading , by Charles Gibbon , 4to . 1591. In the fifth dialogue of this work , in which the question debated ...
... writer , however , was not the first who suggested this image ; for it is found also in an old book entitled A Work worth the reading , by Charles Gibbon , 4to . 1591. In the fifth dialogue of this work , in which the question debated ...
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... writing than in not writing . " JOHN- SON . " Sir , you may wonder . ” 66 No man is He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had ...
... writing than in not writing . " JOHN- SON . " Sir , you may wonder . ” 66 No man is He talked of making verses , and observed , " The great difficulty is , to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have generally had ...
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... writing the first letter in it . I think it looks very pretty about me . " Dyer is constant at THE CLUB ; Hawkins is ... writer's prose works , in four volumes , 8vo . 1800 : where sir John Hawkins's representations are proved to have ...
... writing the first letter in it . I think it looks very pretty about me . " Dyer is constant at THE CLUB ; Hawkins is ... writer's prose works , in four volumes , 8vo . 1800 : where sir John Hawkins's representations are proved to have ...
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... write down what is told you . The little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write , information will be vain h . h Mr. Langton ...
... write down what is told you . The little things which distinguish domestick characters are soon forgotten : if you delay to enquire , you will have no information ; if you neglect to write , information will be vain h . h Mr. Langton ...
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