The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the ...
... write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the ...
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... write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his life ; which , great and good as he was , must not ... writes from personal knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the publick curiosity , there is dan- ger lest his ...
... write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise , but his life ; which , great and good as he was , must not ... writes from personal knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the publick curiosity , there is dan- ger lest his ...
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... writer's pen ; for in truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the do- mestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin ...
... writer's pen ; for in truth , from a man so still and so tame , as to be contented to pass many years as the do- mestick companion of a superannuated lord and lady , con- versation could no more be expected than from a Chinese mandarin ...
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... writing a life , when they exhibit a chronological series of actions or preferments ; and have so little regard to the manners or behaviour of their heroes , that more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short ...
... writing a life , when they exhibit a chronological series of actions or preferments ; and have so little regard to the manners or behaviour of their heroes , that more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short ...
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... writer flies ; Where no sour criticks snarl , no sneers molest , Safe from the tart lampoon , and stinging jest ; There begs of heaven a less distinguish'd lot , Glad to be hid , and proud to be forgot . • This he inserted , with many ...
... writer flies ; Where no sour criticks snarl , no sneers molest , Safe from the tart lampoon , and stinging jest ; There begs of heaven a less distinguish'd lot , Glad to be hid , and proud to be forgot . • This he inserted , with many ...
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