Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... never since been disputed . Burke pronounced it a greater monument to Johnson's fame than all the Doctor's own writings ; Reynolds declared that - " every word might be depended upon as if given on oath . " Yet some have maintained ...
... never since been disputed . Burke pronounced it a greater monument to Johnson's fame than all the Doctor's own writings ; Reynolds declared that - " every word might be depended upon as if given on oath . " Yet some have maintained ...
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... never has to wait long . A more delightful book " to browze on ( to use the Doctor's phrase ) was perhaps never written . Boswell's criticism on The Beggar's Opera might indeed have been as aptly made on his own work : " There is in it ...
... never has to wait long . A more delightful book " to browze on ( to use the Doctor's phrase ) was perhaps never written . Boswell's criticism on The Beggar's Opera might indeed have been as aptly made on his own work : " There is in it ...
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... never perceived it . 4 I supposed him to be only near - sighted ; 66 2 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has neverthe- less , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of the ...
... never perceived it . 4 I supposed him to be only near - sighted ; 66 2 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has neverthe- less , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of the ...
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... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was ...
... never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ; but such a one is as good a scholar as Johnson ; and this was said but of one , but of Lowe ; and I do not think he was ...
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... never would have taken place had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously under- taken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his companion : though , in fact , he never received any assistance ...
... never would have taken place had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his schoolfellows , spontaneously under- taken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his companion : though , in fact , he never received any assistance ...
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