Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... metres than I deserved . There was some ques- tion about anapæstics , concerning which I happened to remember what Foster used to tell us at Eton , that the whole line to the Basis ' Talking ΙΟ Spence and Pope . [ A.D. 1780 . '
... metres than I deserved . There was some ques- tion about anapæstics , concerning which I happened to remember what Foster used to tell us at Eton , that the whole line to the Basis ' Talking ΙΟ Spence and Pope . [ A.D. 1780 . '
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... tion of that learned gentleman ; and after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , " Sir , I am obliged to you for hav- ing asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man . I do not know when I have had an occasion of such free contro- versy ...
... tion of that learned gentleman ; and after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , " Sir , I am obliged to you for hav- ing asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man . I do not know when I have had an occasion of such free contro- versy ...
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... tion of half a page of Greek , breaking off for fear of wearying , by say- ing , " and so it goes on , " accompanying his words with a gentle wave of his hand . ' 2 See ante , i . 377 . 1 See post , iv . 50 . This assertion concerning ...
... tion of half a page of Greek , breaking off for fear of wearying , by say- ing , " and so it goes on , " accompanying his words with a gentle wave of his hand . ' 2 See ante , i . 377 . 1 See post , iv . 50 . This assertion concerning ...
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... tion . ' Goldsmith's Works , ed . 1854 , iv . 225. Johnson would have gone to Constantinople , as he himself said , had he received his pension twenty years earlier . See post , iv . 33 . ' It should be remembered , that this was said ...
... tion . ' Goldsmith's Works , ed . 1854 , iv . 225. Johnson would have gone to Constantinople , as he himself said , had he received his pension twenty years earlier . See post , iv . 33 . ' It should be remembered , that this was said ...
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... tion of the shield of Achilles , made by Mrs. Fitzherbert , wife to his friend Mr. Fitzherbert of Derbyshire , and re- spected by Dr. Johnson as a very fine one ' . He had in general a very high opinion of that lady's understand- ing ...
... tion of the shield of Achilles , made by Mrs. Fitzherbert , wife to his friend Mr. Fitzherbert of Derbyshire , and re- spected by Dr. Johnson as a very fine one ' . He had in general a very high opinion of that lady's understand- ing ...
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