Johnsoniana: Robert Anderson. Life of Samuel JohnsonGarland Pub., 1974 |
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... less favourable , flattering pencil , Her admiration of the features and traits of his mind was , perhaps , at last fatigued , and she be- became less partial to the subject than at her first sittings . The great outline of her pic ...
... less favourable , flattering pencil , Her admiration of the features and traits of his mind was , perhaps , at last fatigued , and she be- became less partial to the subject than at her first sittings . The great outline of her pic ...
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... less lofty and less solid than his were , would have been encumbered not adorned by it . He was not intentionally , however , a pompous converser : and though he was accu- sed of using big words , as they are called , it was only when ...
... less lofty and less solid than his were , would have been encumbered not adorned by it . He was not intentionally , however , a pompous converser : and though he was accu- sed of using big words , as they are called , it was only when ...
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... less pleasing to the ear , or less distinct in their signification , I familiarized the terms of philosophy , by applying them to popular ideas . " But he forgot the observation of Dryden : If too many foreign words are poured in upon ...
... less pleasing to the ear , or less distinct in their signification , I familiarized the terms of philosophy , by applying them to popular ideas . " But he forgot the observation of Dryden : If too many foreign words are poured in upon ...
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