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... Burney glows , While the grand strain in smoother cadence flows . n The observation of his having imitated sir Thomas Brown has been made by many people ; and lately it has been insisted on , and illustrated by a variety of quotations ...
... Burney glows , While the grand strain in smoother cadence flows . n The observation of his having imitated sir Thomas Brown has been made by many people ; and lately it has been insisted on , and illustrated by a variety of quotations ...
Page 167
... BURNEY . a I shall probably , in another work , maintain the merit of Addison's poetry , which has been very unjustly depreciated . - Boswell . r In the Gentleman's Magazine , for October 1752 , p . 468 , he is styled the rev . Francis ...
... BURNEY . a I shall probably , in another work , maintain the merit of Addison's poetry , which has been very unjustly depreciated . - Boswell . r In the Gentleman's Magazine , for October 1752 , p . 468 , he is styled the rev . Francis ...
Page 193
... BURNey . " " a Two of Johnson's letters , addressed to Samuel Richardson , author of Cla- rissa , etc. the former dated March 9 , 1750-1 , the other September 26 , 1753 , are preserved in Richardson's Correspondence , 8vo . 1804 , vol ...
... BURNey . " " a Two of Johnson's letters , addressed to Samuel Richardson , author of Cla- rissa , etc. the former dated March 9 , 1750-1 , the other September 26 , 1753 , are preserved in Richardson's Correspondence , 8vo . 1804 , vol ...
Page 211
... , Voc . Oiuo II . p . 666 , where the read - ing is , Ownra Toe TETov0autv.REV . C , BURNEY . In 1755 we behold him to great advantage ; his P 2 ETAT . 45 . 211 DR . JOHNSON . cannot, I think, be printed in less than ...
... , Voc . Oiuo II . p . 666 , where the read - ing is , Ownra Toe TETov0autv.REV . C , BURNEY . In 1755 we behold him to great advantage ; his P 2 ETAT . 45 . 211 DR . JOHNSON . cannot, I think, be printed in less than ...
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... Burney , who has since distinguished him- self so much in the science of musick , and obtained a doctor's degree ... Burney's own words , ) . " if it be remembered that it was written to ĘTAT , 46. ] 219 DR . JOHNSON . TO MR ...
... Burney , who has since distinguished him- self so much in the science of musick , and obtained a doctor's degree ... Burney's own words , ) . " if it be remembered that it was written to ĘTAT , 46. ] 219 DR . JOHNSON . TO MR ...
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