The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Band 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... character whose various excellence I am to endeavour to record , and Nathanael , who died in his twenty - fifth year " . 8 Bacon's Advancement of Learning , Book I. h Nathanael was born in 1712 , and died in 1737. Their father , Michael ...
... character whose various excellence I am to endeavour to record , and Nathanael , who died in his twenty - fifth year " . 8 Bacon's Advancement of Learning , Book I. h Nathanael was born in 1712 , and died in 1737. Their father , Michael ...
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... character , of that poetick talent which afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for , excepting his ortho- graphick works , every thing which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle ...
... character , of that poetick talent which afterwards bore such rich and plentiful fruits ; for , excepting his ortho- graphick works , every thing which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists not in numbers , or in jingle ...
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... character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a pre- sent of gingerbread , and said he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this ...
... character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a pre- sent of gingerbread , and said he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this ...
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... character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that connexion obtained good preferment in Ire- land . He was a younger son of the ...
... character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that connexion obtained good preferment in Ire- land . He was a younger son of the ...
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... characters , is often a matter of undecided contest , being as clear in his case as the superiority of stature in some men above others . Johnson did not strut or stand on tiptoe ; he only did not stoop . From his earliest years , his ...
... characters , is often a matter of undecided contest , being as clear in his case as the superiority of stature in some men above others . Johnson did not strut or stand on tiptoe ; he only did not stoop . From his earliest years , his ...
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acknowl acquaintance admiration afterwards appears believe BENNET LANGTON bishop bookseller Boswell Burney Cave character conversation dear sir death Dictionary Dodsley edition eminent endeavour English Essay evid excellent father favour Garrick gave genius Gentleman's Magazine give happy heard Hector honour hope house of Stuart humble servant Johnson Joseph Warton kind king labour lady Langton language late Latin learned letter Lichfield literary lived London lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Malone manner master mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford paper Pembroke college person pleased pleasure poem poet praise Preface publick published Rambler remarkable reverend Richard Savage Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson Savage Shakspeare sir John Hawkins sir Joshua Reynolds spirit style suppose talk thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told translation truth verses Warton William wish write written wrote