Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... EMINENT PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED , BY JAMES ...
... EMINENT PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED , BY JAMES ...
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... eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
... eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known JOHNSON from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this ...
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... eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of ...
... eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different times , in a desultory manner , committed to writing many particulars of the progress of ...
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... eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his ...
... eminent a man from his cradle to his grave , every minute particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be supposed ; for to use his ...
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... eminent to a degree most incredible , the following early Istance was told me in his presence at ichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petticoats , and ...
... eminent to a degree most incredible , the following early Istance was told me in his presence at ichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petticoats , and ...
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