The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... expression would have been easier . His sentences have a dignified march ; and , it is certain that his example has ... expressed than was usual before he ap- peared to lead the national taste . This circumstance , the truth of which ...
... expression would have been easier . His sentences have a dignified march ; and , it is certain that his example has ... expressed than was usual before he ap- peared to lead the national taste . This circumstance , the truth of which ...
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... expressed in an easy style , that I should injure it by any alteration : - - " When Johnson came to Oxford in 1754 , the long vacation was beginning , and most people were leaving the place . This was the first time of his being there ...
... expressed in an easy style , that I should injure it by any alteration : - - " When Johnson came to Oxford in 1754 , the long vacation was beginning , and most people were leaving the place . This was the first time of his being there ...
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... expressed , re- gardless of what others might think , we may wonder , and perhaps regret ; but it is shallow and unjust to charge him with expressing what he did not think . Finding him in a placid humour , and wishing to avail himself ...
... expressed , re- gardless of what others might think , we may wonder , and perhaps regret ; but it is shallow and unjust to charge him with expressing what he did not think . Finding him in a placid humour , and wishing to avail himself ...
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Mr Boswells Advertisements | xx |
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