Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... kind of writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight ' , a man , whom ...
... kind of writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight ' , a man , whom ...
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... kind are enabled as it were to see him live , and to ' live o'er each scene ' with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was , he might have been ...
... kind are enabled as it were to see him live , and to ' live o'er each scene ' with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was , he might have been ...
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... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and ...
... kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and ...
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... kind , for tender nymphs the myrtle blooms , And weaves her bending boughs in pleasing glooms : Perennial roses deck each purple vale , And scents ambrosial breathe in every gale : Far hence are banish'd vapours , spleen , and tears ...
... kind , for tender nymphs the myrtle blooms , And weaves her bending boughs in pleasing glooms : Perennial roses deck each purple vale , And scents ambrosial breathe in every gale : Far hence are banish'd vapours , spleen , and tears ...
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... kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert ...
... kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of the British stage ; but above all , Mr. Gilbert ...
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