The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1859 |
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... writing - Bet Flint- Oratory - Beauclerk's Library - Blue - stocking Clubs - Stillingfleet - The Countess of Cork - Johnson's " List of Subscribers " - " Talking for Victory " -A " cui bono " Man- " Heroic Epistle to Sir W. Chambers ...
... writing - Bet Flint- Oratory - Beauclerk's Library - Blue - stocking Clubs - Stillingfleet - The Countess of Cork - Johnson's " List of Subscribers " - " Talking for Victory " -A " cui bono " Man- " Heroic Epistle to Sir W. Chambers ...
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... many parts of this work . Very few articles of this collection were committed to writing by himself , he not having that habit ; which he regrets , and which. MR . LANGTON READING " CLEONE . " CHAPTER II . - 1781 . 4 A.
... many parts of this work . Very few articles of this collection were committed to writing by himself , he not having that habit ; which he regrets , and which. MR . LANGTON READING " CLEONE . " CHAPTER II . - 1781 . 4 A.
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... writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . His book ...
... writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give the bare names as they are ; but in poetry , and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . His book ...
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... the zenith of popularity.- 3 In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says , " I never see Garrick " -MALONE . something in the contemptuous severity as to the merit of. AGE 71. ) 13 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... the zenith of popularity.- 3 In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says , " I never see Garrick " -MALONE . something in the contemptuous severity as to the merit of. AGE 71. ) 13 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... written in English , for his Lady , and re- quested of Johnson to turn it into Latin for him . Having read Domina de North et Gray , he said to Dyer , ' ' You see , Sir , what bar- barism we are compelled to make use of , when modern ...
... written in English , for his Lady , and re- quested of Johnson to turn it into Latin for him . Having read Domina de North et Gray , he said to Dyer , ' ' You see , Sir , what bar- barism we are compelled to make use of , when modern ...
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