The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... writing for them , or greatly improving their dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr. Johnson . Though the loftiness of his mind prevented him from ever dedicating in his own person , he wrote a very ...
... writing for them , or greatly improving their dedications . In that courtly species of composition no man excelled Dr. Johnson . Though the loftiness of his mind prevented him from ever dedicating in his own person , he wrote a very ...
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... written them down , and often , from lazi- ness , have written only half lines . I have written a hun- dred lines in a day . I remember I wrote a hundred lines of The Vanity of Human Wishes in a day . Doctor , ( turning to Goldsmith ...
... written them down , and often , from lazi- ness , have written only half lines . I have written a hun- dred lines in a day . I remember I wrote a hundred lines of The Vanity of Human Wishes in a day . Doctor , ( turning to Goldsmith ...
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... written sooner , lest , writing now , I should renew your grief ; but I would not forbear saying what I have now said . " This loss is , I hope , the only misfortune of a family to whom no misfortune at all should happen , if my wishes ...
... written sooner , lest , writing now , I should renew your grief ; but I would not forbear saying what I have now said . " This loss is , I hope , the only misfortune of a family to whom no misfortune at all should happen , if my wishes ...
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... written by him ; and he fur- nished the Preface , † and several of the pieces which compose a volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had an asylum in his house . Of • In a paper already mentioned , ( see vol ...
... written by him ; and he fur- nished the Preface , † and several of the pieces which compose a volume of Miscellanies by Mrs. Anna Williams , the blind lady who had an asylum in his house . Of • In a paper already mentioned , ( see vol ...
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... written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the praise of being the author of that admirable poem , The Three Warnings . He wrote this year a letter , not intended for ...
... written with exquisite simplicity , is one of Johnson's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the praise of being the author of that admirable poem , The Three Warnings . He wrote this year a letter , not intended for ...
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