The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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Page 11
... how happy shall , etc. " It is with pleasure I add , that this stanza could never be more truly applied than at this present time [ 1792 . ] - BOSWELL . 1 " " 6 Having spent an evening at Mr. ÆETAT . 71. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
... how happy shall , etc. " It is with pleasure I add , that this stanza could never be more truly applied than at this present time [ 1792 . ] - BOSWELL . 1 " " 6 Having spent an evening at Mr. ÆETAT . 71. ] 11 DR . JOHNSON .
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... dates , and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " - Boswell . justly sensible of the great additional value of the copy- 28 [ 1781 . THE LIFE OF.
... dates , and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , I hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " - Boswell . justly sensible of the great additional value of the copy- 28 [ 1781 . THE LIFE OF.
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... pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testimony to the frankness of his communications in private society . It is not my intention to dwell upon each of Johnson's lives of the Poets , or attempt an analysis of their merits , find it ...
... pleasure of his acquaintance can bear testimony to the frankness of his communications in private society . It is not my intention to dwell upon each of Johnson's lives of the Poets , or attempt an analysis of their merits , find it ...
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... pleasures of other minds . " The wide effulgence of [ the blazing ] a summer noon . ' In the life of Waller , Johnson gives a distinct and ani- b Life of Sheffield . i See , however , p . 8 of this volume , where the same remark is made ...
... pleasures of other minds . " The wide effulgence of [ the blazing ] a summer noon . ' In the life of Waller , Johnson gives a distinct and ani- b Life of Sheffield . i See , however , p . 8 of this volume , where the same remark is made ...
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... pleasure expatiate upon the masterly exe- cution of the life of Dryden , which we have seen was one of Johnson's literary projects at an early period , and which it is remarkable that , after desisting from it from a supposed scantiness ...
... pleasure expatiate upon the masterly exe- cution of the life of Dryden , which we have seen was one of Johnson's literary projects at an early period , and which it is remarkable that , after desisting from it from a supposed scantiness ...
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