The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 1I. Pitman, 1907 - 1172 pàgines |
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... Persons- " The Whole Duty of Man " -Johnson on Punning - Lay Patronage South Sea Discoveries - Reasoning of Brutes - Toleration and Martyrdom - Johnson Excites the anger of Goldsmith - Doctrine of the Trinity - Reconciliation with ...
... Persons- " The Whole Duty of Man " -Johnson on Punning - Lay Patronage South Sea Discoveries - Reasoning of Brutes - Toleration and Martyrdom - Johnson Excites the anger of Goldsmith - Doctrine of the Trinity - Reconciliation with ...
Pàgina xxv
... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . From an engraving after a picture by himself SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS President of the Royal Academy of Arts If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distin- guished merit of a ...
... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . From an engraving after a picture by himself SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS President of the Royal Academy of Arts If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distin- guished merit of a ...
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... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as in so solemn an author is hardly excusable , and certainly makes his narrative very unsatisfactory . But what is still ...
... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as in so solemn an author is hardly excusable , and certainly makes his narrative very unsatisfactory . But what is still ...
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... person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execu- tion of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain ...
... person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execu- tion of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain ...
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... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " † To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass ...
... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " † To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass ...
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