The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... 1749 , he published The Va- nity of Human Wishes , being the tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated , with his name . Of this poem , he compofed feventy lines in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till [ 79 ]
... 1749 , he published The Va- nity of Human Wishes , being the tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated , with his name . Of this poem , he compofed feventy lines in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till [ 79 ]
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... Wishes . If this fuppofition ftrips the account of wonder , it invests it with probability , fince a man of his powers of mind and habits of compofition , might well write an effay at a fitting , and with- out a blot , when he had ...
... Wishes . If this fuppofition ftrips the account of wonder , it invests it with probability , fince a man of his powers of mind and habits of compofition , might well write an effay at a fitting , and with- out a blot , when he had ...
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... wish of his own , in the latter end of 1759 , and returned to his master's fer- vice . In 1760 , he wrote the " Addrefs of the Painters to George III . on his acceffion ; " an " Introduction " to the proceedings of the Committee for ...
... wish of his own , in the latter end of 1759 , and returned to his master's fer- vice . In 1760 , he wrote the " Addrefs of the Painters to George III . on his acceffion ; " an " Introduction " to the proceedings of the Committee for ...
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... wish which he had fo long entertained , that he scarcely re- membered how it was formed , of visiting the Hebrides , or Western Islands of Scot- land . " He was accompanied by Mr. Bof- well , " whofe acuteness , " he afterwards ob ...
... wish which he had fo long entertained , that he scarcely re- membered how it was formed , of visiting the Hebrides , or Western Islands of Scot- land . " He was accompanied by Mr. Bof- well , " whofe acuteness , " he afterwards ob ...
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... Wishes . On the 17th of June 1783 , he was afflict- ed with a paralytic ftroke , which deprived him of fpeech ; from which , however , he gradually recovered ; fo that in July he was able to make a vifit to Mr. Langton , at Rochefter ...
... Wishes . On the 17th of June 1783 , he was afflict- ed with a paralytic ftroke , which deprived him of fpeech ; from which , however , he gradually recovered ; fo that in July he was able to make a vifit to Mr. Langton , at Rochefter ...
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