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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... John Evans draw a recognizance sine direc- tione Michaelis . " - Gentleman's Magazine , October , 1791. - BOSWELL . he afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully. 2 [ 1709 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... John Evans draw a recognizance sine direc- tione Michaelis . " - Gentleman's Magazine , October , 1791. - BOSWELL . he afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully. 2 [ 1709 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully in a manufacture of parchment . He was a zealous high - churchman and royalist , and retained his attachment to the unfortunate house of Stuart , though he reconciled ...
... afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully in a manufacture of parchment . He was a zealous high - churchman and royalist , and retained his attachment to the unfortunate house of Stuart , though he reconciled ...
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... afterwards bore such rich and plen- tiful fruits ; for , excepting his orthographic works , everything which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists , not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy ...
... afterwards bore such rich and plen- tiful fruits ; for , excepting his orthographic works , everything which Dr. Johnson wrote was poetry , whose essence consists , not in numbers , or in jingle , but in the strength and glow of a fancy ...
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... afterwards Bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became Chaplain to Archbishop Boulter , and by that connection obtained good preferment in ...
... afterwards Bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became Chaplain to Archbishop Boulter , and by that connection obtained good preferment in ...
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... afterwards Canon of Windsor . " Indeed , Johnson was very sensible how much he owed to Mr. Hunter . Mr. Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was exceeded by no man of ...
... afterwards Canon of Windsor . " Indeed , Johnson was very sensible how much he owed to Mr. Hunter . Mr. Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was exceeded by no man of ...
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