Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible ...
... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible ...
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... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as in so solemn an author is hardly excusable , and certainly makes his narrative very unsat- isfactory . But what is still ...
... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as in so solemn an author is hardly excusable , and certainly makes his narrative very unsat- isfactory . But what is still ...
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... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " 4 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . 2 In the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . 3 The ...
... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " 4 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . 2 In the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . 3 The ...
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... person , who will undertake , on reasonable terms , sometimes to fill a column . " His opinion is , that the public would not give you a bad reception , if , beside the current wit of the month , which a critical examination would ...
... person , who will undertake , on reasonable terms , sometimes to fill a column . " His opinion is , that the public would not give you a bad reception , if , beside the current wit of the month , which a critical examination would ...
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... person for whom Johnson wrote those verses , which have been erroneously ascribed to Mr. Hammond . I am obliged in so many to whom he shewed them on the instant . She instances to notice Mrs. Piozzi's incorrectness of relation , that I ...
... person for whom Johnson wrote those verses , which have been erroneously ascribed to Mr. Hammond . I am obliged in so many to whom he shewed them on the instant . She instances to notice Mrs. Piozzi's incorrectness of relation , that I ...
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