Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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... reason was probably simple . The best of men are beset with prejudices , and Johnson had at least his full share ... reasons are assigned : " he seems to me , " WBUT . writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX ...
... reason was probably simple . The best of men are beset with prejudices , and Johnson had at least his full share ... reasons are assigned : " he seems to me , " WBUT . writes Boswell , " to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX ...
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... reason to com- plain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I have written too much . " In this payment the ' Life of Savage ' is not included : this was an early work , for which he received fifteen guineas ...
... reason to com- plain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I have written too much . " In this payment the ' Life of Savage ' is not included : this was an early work , for which he received fifteen guineas ...
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... fair estate . That he was a coxcomb and a bore , weak , vain , pushing , curious , garru- lous , was obvious to all who were acquainted with him . That he 3 could not reason , that he had no wit , xlviii LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
... fair estate . That he was a coxcomb and a bore , weak , vain , pushing , curious , garru- lous , was obvious to all who were acquainted with him . That he 3 could not reason , that he had no wit , xlviii LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. could not reason , that he had no wit , no humour , no eloquence , is apparent from his writings . And yet his writings are read beyond the Mississippi , and under the Southern ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. could not reason , that he had no wit , no humour , no eloquence , is apparent from his writings . And yet his writings are read beyond the Mississippi , and under the Southern ...
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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother , whom Wood repre- sents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother , whom Wood repre- sents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
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