The Life of Samuel Johnson, Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondance and Conversations, ... and Original Pieces of His Composition, Band 4Baynes and son, 1826 |
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... lives inglorious or in want , To college and old books confin'd ; Instead of learn'd , he's call'd pedant , Dunces advanc'd , he's left behind : Yet left content , a genuine stoick he , Great without patron , rich without South Sea . A ...
... lives inglorious or in want , To college and old books confin'd ; Instead of learn'd , he's call'd pedant , Dunces advanc'd , he's left behind : Yet left content , a genuine stoick he , Great without patron , rich without South Sea . A ...
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... have ever seen or known . " b Sterne is of a direct contrary opinion . See his Sentimental Journey , arti- cle , The Mystery . - BOSWELL . In 1781 , Johnson at last completed his Lives of ÆTAT . 71. ] 27 DR . JOHNSON .
... have ever seen or known . " b Sterne is of a direct contrary opinion . See his Sentimental Journey , arti- cle , The Mystery . - BOSWELL . In 1781 , Johnson at last completed his Lives of ÆTAT . 71. ] 27 DR . JOHNSON .
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... Lives of the Poets , of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . " In a ...
... Lives of the Poets , of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . " In a ...
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... Lives of the Poets , which drew forth the encomium of Johnson , the bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the booksellers spontaneously added a third hundred . On this occasion the great moralist observed to the writer of this ...
... Lives of the Poets , which drew forth the encomium of Johnson , the bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the booksellers spontaneously added a third hundred . On this occasion the great moralist observed to the writer of this ...
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... lives of the Poets , or attempt an analysis of their merits , find it . Your informations have been of great use to me . I must beg it again , with another list of our authors , for I have laid that with the other . I have sent ...
... lives of the Poets , or attempt an analysis of their merits , find it . Your informations have been of great use to me . I must beg it again , with another list of our authors , for I have laid that with the other . I have sent ...
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