Life of Johnson, Volumen1H. Frowde, 1904 |
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... appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ? Your excellence not only in the Art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame , but ...
... appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ? Your excellence not only in the Art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame , but ...
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... appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I ...
... appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain , connect , and supply , I ...
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... appearance was little different from that of the other . There is amongst his prayers , one inscribed ' When my EYE was restored to its use1 , ' which ascertains a defect that many of his friends knew he had , though I never per- ceived ...
... appearance was little different from that of the other . There is amongst his prayers , one inscribed ' When my EYE was restored to its use1 , ' which ascertains a defect that many of his friends knew he had , though I never per- ceived ...
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... appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con- versation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the first impression of that more ...
... appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of con- versation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the first impression of that more ...
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... appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks . Ex alieno ingenio Poeta , ex suo tantum versificator . 1 Oxford , 20th March , 1776 . 2 It ought to be remembered that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral ...
... appeared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks . Ex alieno ingenio Poeta , ex suo tantum versificator . 1 Oxford , 20th March , 1776 . 2 It ought to be remembered that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral ...
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