The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Band 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... eminent bookseller of Paris . ( 2 ) Mr. Strahan's liberality , judgment , and success , are well known . LETTER 42. TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . At Langton , Lincolnshire . " May 6. 1755 . 66 SIR , It has been long observed , that men do ...
... eminent bookseller of Paris . ( 2 ) Mr. Strahan's liberality , judgment , and success , are well known . LETTER 42. TO BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . At Langton , Lincolnshire . " May 6. 1755 . 66 SIR , It has been long observed , that men do ...
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... eminent instance of a double talent , of which Johnson was fully conscious . Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say , " There are two things which I am confident I can do very well : one is an introduction to any literary work , stating what ...
... eminent instance of a double talent , of which Johnson was fully conscious . Sir Joshua Reynolds heard him say , " There are two things which I am confident I can do very well : one is an introduction to any literary work , stating what ...
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... eminent for literature and vivacity , sallied forth with a little Jeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue , prefixed to the Dictionary : " H seldom , perhaps never , begins any but the first syllable ...
... eminent for literature and vivacity , sallied forth with a little Jeu d'Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue , prefixed to the Dictionary : " H seldom , perhaps never , begins any but the first syllable ...
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... eminent proof at once of his orthodoxy and candour . " The authors of the essays in prose seem generally to have imitated , or tried to imitate , the copiousness and luxuriance of Mrs. Rowe . This , however , is not all their praise ...
... eminent proof at once of his orthodoxy and candour . " The authors of the essays in prose seem generally to have imitated , or tried to imitate , the copiousness and luxuriance of Mrs. Rowe . This , however , is not all their praise ...
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... eminent hands . " Soon after this , Mr. Burney , during a visit to the capital , had an interview with him in Gough Square , where he dined and drank tea with him , and was in- troduced to the acquaintance of Mrs. Williams . After ...
... eminent hands . " Soon after this , Mr. Burney , during a visit to the capital , had an interview with him in Gough Square , where he dined and drank tea with him , and was in- troduced to the acquaintance of Mrs. Williams . After ...
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acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards antè appear Baretti Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop Boswell Burke Burney Bute called conversation Davies dear Sir death Dictionary died Earl edition eminent English Essay favour Francis Barber Garrick genius gentleman give Goldsmith happy Hawkins hear heard honour hope humble servant Inner Temple John Johnson Joseph Warton kind King lady Langton letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lord Macartney lordship LUCY PORTER Madam mentioned merit mind Miss mother Murphy never observed once opinion Oxford pension perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet pray published Rasselas received recollect Samuel Johnson Shakspeare Sheridan shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds spirit suppose sure talk tell thing Thomas Thomas Sheridan THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton William wish write written wrote