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... late for heroick poesy , thus concludes : " However inferiour to the heroes who were born in better ages , he might still be great among his contemporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of pos- terity ; he ...
... late for heroick poesy , thus concludes : " However inferiour to the heroes who were born in better ages , he might still be great among his contemporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of pos- terity ; he ...
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... late too often passed in Scotland for Metaphysicks , ) he thus ventures to criticise one of the noblest lines in our lan- Ætat . 71 . 1780 . Etat . 71 . " It is well DR . JOHNSON . 25 Johnson said nothing. Garrick then ventured to ...
... late too often passed in Scotland for Metaphysicks , ) he thus ventures to criticise one of the noblest lines in our lan- Ætat . 71 . 1780 . Etat . 71 . " It is well DR . JOHNSON . 25 Johnson said nothing. Garrick then ventured to ...
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... late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton , that Johnson said to him , Sir , a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing , than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down . " " My dear friend Dr ...
... late Mr. Fitzherbert told Mr. Langton , that Johnson said to him , Sir , a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing , than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down . " " My dear friend Dr ...
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... late Earl of Hopeton . His Lordship observed one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's " Para- dise Lost ; " and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , " An't please your Lordship , this is a very odd sort ...
... late Earl of Hopeton . His Lordship observed one of his shepherds poring in the fields upon Milton's " Para- dise Lost ; " and having asked him what book it was , the man answered , " An't please your Lordship , this is a very odd sort ...
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... late Lord Somerville , who saw much both of great and brilliant life , told me , that he had dined in company with Pope , and that after dinner the little man , as he called him , drank his bottle of Burgundy , and was exceedingly gay ...
... late Lord Somerville , who saw much both of great and brilliant life , told me , that he had dined in company with Pope , and that after dinner the little man , as he called him , drank his bottle of Burgundy , and was exceedingly gay ...
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