The Life of Samuel Johnson: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.DGabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... poem " On the Death of Stephen Grey , the Electrician ; " * which , on reading it , appeared to me to be un- doubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , ( said she , with some warmth , ) I wrote that poem ...
... poem " On the Death of Stephen Grey , the Electrician ; " * which , on reading it , appeared to me to be un- doubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , ( said she , with some warmth , ) I wrote that poem ...
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... poets of England contend for pre- eminence of fame by running : " Prove by their heels the prowess of the head . " In this poem there was the following portrait of Johnson : 1 This is the person concerning whom Sir John Hawkins has ...
... poets of England contend for pre- eminence of fame by running : " Prove by their heels the prowess of the head . " In this poem there was the following portrait of Johnson : 1 This is the person concerning whom Sir John Hawkins has ...
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... poem : -a poem on what ? " JOHNSON , ( with a disdainful look , ) " Why , on dunces . It was worth while being a dunce then . Ah , Sir , hadst thou lived in those days ! It is not 66 worth while being a dunce now , when there are [ 94 ] ...
... poem : -a poem on what ? " JOHNSON , ( with a disdainful look , ) " Why , on dunces . It was worth while being a dunce then . Ah , Sir , hadst thou lived in those days ! It is not 66 worth while being a dunce now , when there are [ 94 ] ...
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