The Life of Samuel Johnson, Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondance and Conversations, ... and Original Pieces of His Composition, Band 4Baynes and son, 1826 |
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... manner . As Mr. Burke and Mr. Langton were walking home , Mr. Burke observed that Johnson had been very great that night : Mr. Langton joined in this , but added , he could have wished to hear more from another person ; ( plainly ...
... manner . As Mr. Burke and Mr. Langton were walking home , Mr. Burke observed that Johnson had been very great that night : Mr. Langton joined in this , but added , he could have wished to hear more from another person ; ( plainly ...
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... manner the following literary anecdote : Green and Guthrie , an Irishman and a Scotch- man , undertook a translation of Duhalde's History of China . Green said of Guthrie , that he knew no English ; and Guthrie of Green , that he knew ...
... manner the following literary anecdote : Green and Guthrie , an Irishman and a Scotch- man , undertook a translation of Duhalde's History of China . Green said of Guthrie , that he knew no English ; and Guthrie of Green , that he knew ...
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... manner , very near the time of his decease " , on occasion of having desired me to read a letter addressed to him from some person in the north of England ; which when I had done , and he asked me what the contents were , as I thought ...
... manner , very near the time of his decease " , on occasion of having desired me to read a letter addressed to him from some person in the north of England ; which when I had done , and he asked me what the contents were , as I thought ...
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... manner as may tend to the promotion of pietyd . " This is the work which , of all Dr. Johnson's writings , will perhaps be read most generally , and with most plea- sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pur- suits ; and ...
... manner as may tend to the promotion of pietyd . " This is the work which , of all Dr. Johnson's writings , will perhaps be read most generally , and with most plea- sure . Philology and biography were his favourite pur- suits ; and ...
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... manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemisphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poeth , that " amendments ...
... manner , that indeed he may be allowed the full merit of novelty , and to have discovered to us , as it were , a new planet in the poetical hemisphere . It is remarked by Johnson , in considering the works of a poeth , that " amendments ...
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