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 3National ilustrated library, 1859 |
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... language is the paper on Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his ...
... language is the paper on Novelty , yet we do not hear it talked of . It was written by Grove , a dissenting teacher . " He would not , I perceived , call him a clergyman , though he was candid enough to allow very great merit to his ...
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... language if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written , we learn the language . " A gentleman ...
... language if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation . But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written , we learn the language . " A gentleman ...
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... languages . In modern times , and modern languages , France and Italy alone produce more books in a given time than Greece and Rome ; put England , Spain , Germany , and the Northern kingdoms out of the question . - BURNEY . 2 Wm ...
... languages . In modern times , and modern languages , France and Italy alone produce more books in a given time than Greece and Rome ; put England , Spain , Germany , and the Northern kingdoms out of the question . - BURNEY . 2 Wm ...
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... language of the country of which a learned man was a native , is not the language fit for his epitaph , which alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased , as. AGE 67.1 53 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... language of the country of which a learned man was a native , is not the language fit for his epitaph , which alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased , as. AGE 67.1 53 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... language , and in the language of the country ; so that they might have the advantage of being more universally understood , and at the same time be secured of classical stability . I cannot , however , but be of opinion that it is not ...
... language , and in the language of the country ; so that they might have the advantage of being more universally understood , and at the same time be secured of classical stability . I cannot , however , but be of opinion that it is not ...
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