The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 Seiten |
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... soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . " [ Ram- bler , No. 60. ] I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness on some occasions of " The business of the biographer is often to ...
... soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . " [ Ram- bler , No. 60. ] I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness on some occasions of " The business of the biographer is often to ...
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... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the ... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to ...
... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the ... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to ...
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... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . " * however , very transient ; and it is certain , that His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were , he formed no criminal connection ...
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . " * however , very transient ; and it is certain , that His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were , he formed no criminal connection ...
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... soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . ' This , it must be allowed , was a singular be- ginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus showed a manly firmness , proved ...
... soon come up with me . When she did , I observed her to be in tears . ' This , it must be allowed , was a singular be- ginning of connubial felicity ; but there is no doubt that Johnson , though he thus showed a manly firmness , proved ...
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... soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in a manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the enclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the author ( of whose abilities I shall say nothing ...
... soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in a manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but having the enclosed poem in my hands to dispose of for the benefit of the author ( of whose abilities I shall say nothing ...
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