The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 8Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... Johnson . Thus : - - : " In the Life of Waller , Mr. Nichols will find a re- ference to the Parliamentary History , from which a long quotation is to be inserted . If Mr. Nichols cannot easily find the book , Mr. Johnson will send it ...
... Johnson . Thus : - - : " In the Life of Waller , Mr. Nichols will find a re- ference to the Parliamentary History , from which a long quotation is to be inserted . If Mr. Nichols cannot easily find the book , Mr. Johnson will send it ...
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... Johnson's " Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations upon some of them , and insert a few various ...
... Johnson's " Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations upon some of them , and insert a few various ...
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... Johnson has stood forth in the foremost rank of his admirers . By the testimony of such a man , impertinence must be abashed , and malignity itself must be softened . Of literary merit , Johnson , as we all know , was a sagacious but a ...
... Johnson has stood forth in the foremost rank of his admirers . By the testimony of such a man , impertinence must be abashed , and malignity itself must be softened . Of literary merit , Johnson , as we all know , was a sagacious but a ...
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... Johnson had accustomed himself to use the word lie , to ex- press a mistake or an error in relation ; in short , when the thing was not so as told , though the re- later did not mean to deceive . When ... Johnson , 18 178 .. LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... Johnson had accustomed himself to use the word lie , to ex- press a mistake or an error in relation ; in short , when the thing was not so as told , though the re- later did not mean to deceive . When ... Johnson , 18 178 .. LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... Johnson's being a candidate for female favour ; Mr. Peter Garrick assured me that he was told by a lady , that , in her opinion , Johnson was " a very seducing man . " Disadvantages of person and manner may be forgotten , where ...
... Johnson's being a candidate for female favour ; Mr. Peter Garrick assured me that he was told by a lady , that , in her opinion , Johnson was " a very seducing man . " Disadvantages of person and manner may be forgotten , where ...
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