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 Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... remember when he brought me one of his Odes to have my opinion of it , I could not bear such nonsense , and would not let him read it to the end : so little respect had I for that great man ! ( laughing . ) Yet I remember Richardson ...
... remember when he brought me one of his Odes to have my opinion of it , I could not bear such nonsense , and would not let him read it to the end : so little respect had I for that great man ! ( laughing . ) Yet I remember Richardson ...
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... remember a line in Dryden , ' And every poet is the monarch's friend . ' It ought to be reversed . " JOHNSON : " Nay , there are finer lines in Dryden on this subject : - ' For colleges on bounteous kings depend , And never rebel was to ...
... remember a line in Dryden , ' And every poet is the monarch's friend . ' It ought to be reversed . " JOHNSON : " Nay , there are finer lines in Dryden on this subject : - ' For colleges on bounteous kings depend , And never rebel was to ...
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... remember , should you again address the public under the character of a political writer , that luxuriance of imagina- tion or energy of language , will ill compensate for the want of candour , of justice , and of truth . And I shall ...
... remember , should you again address the public under the character of a political writer , that luxuriance of imagina- tion or energy of language , will ill compensate for the want of candour , of justice , and of truth . And I shall ...
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Johnson introduced to George III Visits LichfieldDeath of Catherine Cham | 30 |
1769 | 50 |
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