The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 páginas |
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... Savage - Merits of this Biography - Discussion as to Savage's parentage - Preface to Harleian Miscellany- " Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth " -- Garrick , Manager of Drury - lane Theatre - Johnson's " Prologue " on ...
... Savage - Merits of this Biography - Discussion as to Savage's parentage - Preface to Harleian Miscellany- " Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth " -- Garrick , Manager of Drury - lane Theatre - Johnson's " Prologue " on ...
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... savage more portentous stain'd Apulia's spacious wilds with gore ; No fiercer Juba's thirsty land , Dire nurse of raging lions , bore . Place me where no soft summer gale Among the quivering branches sighs ; Where clouds condensed for ...
... savage more portentous stain'd Apulia's spacious wilds with gore ; No fiercer Juba's thirsty land , Dire nurse of raging lions , bore . Place me where no soft summer gale Among the quivering branches sighs ; Where clouds condensed for ...
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... Savage , the event was not antedated but foreseen ; for " London " was pub- lished in May , 1738 , and Savage did not set out for Wales till July , 1739. However well Johnson could defend the credibility of second sight , he did not ...
... Savage , the event was not antedated but foreseen ; for " London " was pub- lished in May , 1738 , and Savage did not set out for Wales till July , 1739. However well Johnson could defend the credibility of second sight , he did not ...
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... Savage I am ready to go upon ; and in great primer and pica notes , I reckon on sending in half a sheet a day ; but the money for that shall likewise lie by in your hands till it is done . With the debates , shall not I have business ...
... Savage I am ready to go upon ; and in great primer and pica notes , I reckon on sending in half a sheet a day ; but the money for that shall likewise lie by in your hands till it is done . With the debates , shall not I have business ...
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... savage and the human breast Torments alike with raging fires : With bright , but oft destructive , gleam , Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; Thy lambent glories only beam Around the fav'rites of the sky . Thy gentle flows of guiltless ...
... savage and the human breast Torments alike with raging fires : With bright , but oft destructive , gleam , Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; Thy lambent glories only beam Around the fav'rites of the sky . Thy gentle flows of guiltless ...
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