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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 Seiten |
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... doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable reception with which it has been ... doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he ...
... doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable reception with which it has been ... doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he ...
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... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 ...
... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 ...
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... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and ...
... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and ...
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... doubt ; for there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay ...
... doubt ; for there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay ...
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... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me that his father made the verses ...
... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me that his father made the verses ...
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