The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to ...
... English by Dame Oliver , a widow , who kept a school for young children in Lichfield . He told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to ...
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... English might be an useful and profitable publication , Mr. Warren and Mr. Hector joined in urging him to undertake it . He accordingly agreed ; and the book not being to be found in Birmingham , he borrowed it of Pembroke College . A ...
... English might be an useful and profitable publication , Mr. Warren and Mr. Hector joined in urging him to undertake it . He accordingly agreed ; and the book not being to be found in Birmingham , he borrowed it of Pembroke College . A ...
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... English , it must be re membered , that there was the same objection against Le Courayer's undertak ing , with this disadvantage , that the French had a version by one of their best translators , whereas you cannot read three pages of ...
... English , it must be re membered , that there was the same objection against Le Courayer's undertak ing , with this disadvantage , that the French had a version by one of their best translators , whereas you cannot read three pages of ...
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... English Juvenal . Oldham had also imitated it , and applied it to London ; all which performances concur to prove , that great cities , in every age , and in every country , will furnish similar topics of satire . Whether Johnson had ...
... English Juvenal . Oldham had also imitated it , and applied it to London ; all which performances concur to prove , that great cities , in every age , and in every country , will furnish similar topics of satire . Whether Johnson had ...
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... English verses to her ; and " A Greek Epigram to Dr. Birch . " His separate publications were , " A Complete Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage , from the malicious and scandalous Aspersions of Mr. Brooke , author of Gustavus ...
... English verses to her ; and " A Greek Epigram to Dr. Birch . " His separate publications were , " A Complete Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage , from the malicious and scandalous Aspersions of Mr. Brooke , author of Gustavus ...
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