Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson, Volum 1Derby & Jackson, 1861 - 635 pàgines |
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... live upon the fame which he had already won . He was honoured by the University of Oxford with a Doctor's degree , by the Royal Academy with a professorship , and by the King with an interview , in which his Majesty most graciously ...
... live upon the fame which he had already won . He was honoured by the University of Oxford with a Doctor's degree , by the Royal Academy with a professorship , and by the King with an interview , in which his Majesty most graciously ...
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... live upon him . The course of life which has been described was interrupted in Johnson's sixty - fourth year by an important event . IIe had early read an account of the Hebrides , and had been much interested by learning that there was ...
... live upon him . The course of life which has been described was interrupted in Johnson's sixty - fourth year by an important event . IIe had early read an account of the Hebrides , and had been much interested by learning that there was ...
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... live is very unwise if he stoops to wrangle with detractors whose works are certain to die . He always maintained that fame was a shuttle - cock , which could be kept up only by being beaten back , as well as beaten forward , and which ...
... live is very unwise if he stoops to wrangle with detractors whose works are certain to die . He always maintained that fame was a shuttle - cock , which could be kept up only by being beaten back , as well as beaten forward , and which ...
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