The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volum 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... occasion of his having been one day kept long in waiting in his lordship's ( 1 ) This is not Johnson's appropriate praise ; and , indeed , his want of attention to details is his greatest , if not his only , fault , as a biographer . In ...
... occasion of his having been one day kept long in waiting in his lordship's ( 1 ) This is not Johnson's appropriate praise ; and , indeed , his want of attention to details is his greatest , if not his only , fault , as a biographer . In ...
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... he could be the dupe of such an artifice . His expression to me concerning Lord Chesterfield , upon this occasion , was , " Sir , after making great professions , he had , for many years , taken B 3 ETAT . 45 . 5 THE DICTIONARY .
... he could be the dupe of such an artifice . His expression to me concerning Lord Chesterfield , upon this occasion , was , " Sir , after making great professions , he had , for many years , taken B 3 ETAT . 45 . 5 THE DICTIONARY .
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... occasion . Mr. Pelham having died on the very day on which Lord Boling- broke's works came out , he wrote an elegant Ode on his death , beginning " Let others hail the rising sun , I bow to that whose course is run ; " ( 1 ) Lord ...
... occasion . Mr. Pelham having died on the very day on which Lord Boling- broke's works came out , he wrote an elegant Ode on his death , beginning " Let others hail the rising sun , I bow to that whose course is run ; " ( 1 ) Lord ...
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... occasion for the exercise of Johnson's modesty , when he was called upon to compare his own arduous per- formance , not with those of other individuals , ( in which case his inflexible regard to truth would have been violated had he ...
... occasion for the exercise of Johnson's modesty , when he was called upon to compare his own arduous per- formance , not with those of other individuals , ( in which case his inflexible regard to truth would have been violated had he ...
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... occasion his friend Samuel Richardson became his surety . See Richardson's Correspondence , vol . v . p . 285 . - LETTER 48. Dr. Johnson to Mr. Richardson . - " Tuesday , 19th Feb. 1756 . " DEAR SIR , I return you my sincerest thanks ...
... occasion his friend Samuel Richardson became his surety . See Richardson's Correspondence , vol . v . p . 285 . - LETTER 48. Dr. Johnson to Mr. Richardson . - " Tuesday , 19th Feb. 1756 . " DEAR SIR , I return you my sincerest thanks ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides ... James Boswell Visualització completa - 1835 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides ... James Boswell Visualització completa - 1835 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides ... James Boswell Visualització completa - 1835 |
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