The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksDoig and Stirling, 1815 - 639 páginas |
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... present writer has not the presumption to suppose himself quali- fied to improve , by a few after - strokes of a ca- sual hand , the most perfect portrait of an eminent man that ancient or modern times have beheld ; nor the temerity to ...
... present writer has not the presumption to suppose himself quali- fied to improve , by a few after - strokes of a ca- sual hand , the most perfect portrait of an eminent man that ancient or modern times have beheld ; nor the temerity to ...
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... boys when present , it is not likely he could compel them , at a distance , to come and carry him to school , in the man- ner here described . BISHOP PERCY . ment , is seldom wanted , and perhaps never wished 18 THE LIFE OF.
... boys when present , it is not likely he could compel them , at a distance , to come and carry him to school , in the man- ner here described . BISHOP PERCY . ment , is seldom wanted , and perhaps never wished 18 THE LIFE OF.
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... present , he seemed very full of the merits of his son ; and told the company he was a good scholar and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner seemed strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till ...
... present , he seemed very full of the merits of his son ; and told the company he was a good scholar and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner seemed strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till ...
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... present , Garrick , when his back was turned , repaid the restraint with ridicule of him and his dulcinea , which should be read with great abatement ; for , though Gar- rick , at the moment , to indulge a spirit of drollery , and to ...
... present , Garrick , when his back was turned , repaid the restraint with ridicule of him and his dulcinea , which should be read with great abatement ; for , though Gar- rick , at the moment , to indulge a spirit of drollery , and to ...
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... present editor , Mr John Nichols , to whom English literature is indebted for various elaborate and accurate illustrations of our national history , antiquities . topography , poetry , and biography . state of wretchedness as a writer ...
... present editor , Mr John Nichols , to whom English literature is indebted for various elaborate and accurate illustrations of our national history , antiquities . topography , poetry , and biography . state of wretchedness as a writer ...
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