Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volume 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
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... Samuel Johnson without a suspicion of their being other than a true his- tory , so some Irish bishop was found with faith enough to believe in Gulliver's Travels , although not a little amazed by some things stated in the book . But ...
... Samuel Johnson without a suspicion of their being other than a true his- tory , so some Irish bishop was found with faith enough to believe in Gulliver's Travels , although not a little amazed by some things stated in the book . But ...
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... Samuel Johnson was contented to keep on terms , so long as she lived , with the vain , gasconading , mercurial pro- jector and adventurer , her husband , the authoress of the two comedies of The Discovery , brought out with great ...
... Samuel Johnson was contented to keep on terms , so long as she lived , with the vain , gasconading , mercurial pro- jector and adventurer , her husband , the authoress of the two comedies of The Discovery , brought out with great ...
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... Samuel Johnson , who may be said to have first become generally known as a writer through this publi- cation . The Rambler was succeeded by The Adventurer , edited and principally written by Dr. Hawkesworth , which was also published ...
... Samuel Johnson , who may be said to have first become generally known as a writer through this publi- cation . The Rambler was succeeded by The Adventurer , edited and principally written by Dr. Hawkesworth , which was also published ...
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... Samuel Johnson , in his pamphlet entitled ' Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands , ' published in 1771 , in answer , as is commonly stated , to Junius's Forty- second Letter , dated the 30th of January in that ...
... Samuel Johnson , in his pamphlet entitled ' Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands , ' published in 1771 , in answer , as is commonly stated , to Junius's Forty- second Letter , dated the 30th of January in that ...
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... Samuel Johnson , beyond all controversy : not only did his failings lean to virtue's side - his very intellectual weaknesses and prejudices had something in them of strength and greatness - they were the exube- rance and excess of a ...
... Samuel Johnson , beyond all controversy : not only did his failings lean to virtue's side - his very intellectual weaknesses and prejudices had something in them of strength and greatness - they were the exube- rance and excess of a ...
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