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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... endeavour I have had the assist- ance not only of some of my particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions ...
... endeavour I have had the assist- ance not only of some of my particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions ...
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... endeavour , " says Dr. Warburton , " to give you what satisfaction I can in any thing you want to be satisfied in any subject of Milton , and am ex- tremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had ...
... endeavour , " says Dr. Warburton , " to give you what satisfaction I can in any thing you want to be satisfied in any subject of Milton , and am ex- tremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had ...
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... endeavour to record , and Nathanael , who died in his twenty - fifth year . ' Mr. Michael Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are ...
... endeavour to record , and Nathanael , who died in his twenty - fifth year . ' Mr. Michael Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are ...
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... endeavour at rising in life . But such was his inflexible dignity of character , that he could not stoop to court the great ; without which , hardly any man has made his way to a high station . He could not expect to produce many such ...
... endeavour at rising in life . But such was his inflexible dignity of character , that he could not stoop to court the great ; without which , hardly any man has made his way to a high station . He could not expect to produce many such ...
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... endeavour to remove it ; and desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an I am , Sir , your humble servant , answer . " TO MR . CAVE . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " SIR , [ No date . ] “ I am pretty much of your opinion , that ...
... endeavour to remove it ; and desire you to propose the question to which you wish for an I am , Sir , your humble servant , answer . " TO MR . CAVE . " SAM . JOHNSON . " " SIR , [ No date . ] “ I am pretty much of your opinion , that ...
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