The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... the nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation I MEM PR 4778127.
... the nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation I MEM PR 4778127.
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... known at the Uni- versities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me I was the best qualified for the ...
... known at the Uni- versities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me I was the best qualified for the ...
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... known . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his book- seller , and that Johnson wrote some things for him ; but I ima- gine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of ...
... known . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmesley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot , his book- seller , and that Johnson wrote some things for him ; but I ima- gine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of ...
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... known to each other at this interview . In 1740 he wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine the " Preface , " the " Life of Admiral Blake , " and the first parts of those of " Sit Francis Drake , " and " Philip Barretier , " both which he ...
... known to each other at this interview . In 1740 he wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine the " Preface , " the " Life of Admiral Blake , " and the first parts of those of " Sit Francis Drake , " and " Philip Barretier , " both which he ...
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... known to have undertaken , prcbably damped his ardor . His pamphlet , however , was highly esteemed , and was fortunate enough to obtain the approbation even of the supercilious Warburton himself , who , in the Preface to his Shakspeare ...
... known to have undertaken , prcbably damped his ardor . His pamphlet , however , was highly esteemed , and was fortunate enough to obtain the approbation even of the supercilious Warburton himself , who , in the Preface to his Shakspeare ...
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