Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... authour . JOHNSON . ' Pretty well , Sir , for one man . As to his being an authour , I have not looked at his poetry ; but his prose is poor stuff . He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his ...
... authour . JOHNSON . ' Pretty well , Sir , for one man . As to his being an authour , I have not looked at his poetry ; but his prose is poor stuff . He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his ...
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... authour , and I have an ardent ambition for literary fame ; for , of all possessions , I should imagine literary ... authour of an approved book may allow his natural disposition an easy play , and yet indulge the pride of superior ...
... authour , and I have an ardent ambition for literary fame ; for , of all possessions , I should imagine literary ... authour of an approved book may allow his natural disposition an easy play , and yet indulge the pride of superior ...
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... authour might be used in the same manner ; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an authour's compositions , at different periods . We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale observed , that Pope had partly borrowed from ...
... authour might be used in the same manner ; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an authour's compositions , at different periods . We talked of Flatman's Poems ; and Mrs. Thrale observed , that Pope had partly borrowed from ...
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Part of a Review of Graingers Sugar Cane a Poem in the London | 16 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
The False Alarm acknowl | 431 |
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acknowl acquaintance admiration afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON bookseller Boswell Papers Boswell's character church compliments consider conversation dear Sir death Dictionary dined doubt edition eminent English favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope house of Stuart humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John kind King labour lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet praise publick published reason recollect remarkable Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth Warton wish write written wrote