Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot his book- seller , and that ...
... heard that he found any protection or encouragement by the means of Mr. Colson , to whose academy David Garrick went . Mrs. Lucy Porter told me , that Mr. Walmsley gave him a letter of introduction to Lintot his book- seller , and that ...
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... heard Johnson gratefully acknow- ledge , in his presence , the kind and effectual support which he gave to his " " London , " though unacquainted with its author . came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 " ; so ...
... heard Johnson gratefully acknow- ledge , in his presence , the kind and effectual support which he gave to his " " London , " though unacquainted with its author . came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 " ; so ...
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... heard , though I should think it probably was , if it be certain that he wrote the English ; as to which my only cause of doubt is , that his slighting character of Hanmer as an editor , in his " Observations on Macbeth , " is very dif ...
... heard , though I should think it probably was , if it be certain that he wrote the English ; as to which my only cause of doubt is , that his slighting character of Hanmer as an editor , in his " Observations on Macbeth , " is very dif ...
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... heard him repeat with great energy the following verses , which ap- peared in the " Gentleman's Magazine " for April this year ; but I have no authority to say they were his own . Indeed one of the best critics of our age suggests to me ...
... heard him repeat with great energy the following verses , which ap- peared in the " Gentleman's Magazine " for April this year ; but I have no authority to say they were his own . Indeed one of the best critics of our age suggests to me ...
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... heard Dr. Johnson say , that he thought this was the best thing he ever wrote.1 In January , 1749 , he published " THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES , being the Tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated . ” * He , I believe , composed it the preceding ...
... heard Dr. Johnson say , that he thought this was the best thing he ever wrote.1 In January , 1749 , he published " THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES , being the Tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated . ” * He , I believe , composed it the preceding ...
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