The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... reverend Dr. Parr , he was much pleased with the conver- sation of that learned gentleman ; and , after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , Sir , I am obliged to you for having asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man1 . I do not know ...
... reverend Dr. Parr , he was much pleased with the conver- sation of that learned gentleman ; and , after he was gone , said to Mr. Langton , Sir , I am obliged to you for having asked me this evening . Parr is a fair man1 . I do not know ...
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... reverend ; ' who speaks with presumptuous petulance of the first literary character of his age . Amidst a cloudy confusion of words , which hath of late too often passed in Scotland for metaphysicks , he thus ventures to criticise one ...
... reverend ; ' who speaks with presumptuous petulance of the first literary character of his age . Amidst a cloudy confusion of words , which hath of late too often passed in Scotland for metaphysicks , he thus ventures to criticise one ...
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... reverend Dr. Franklin having published a translation of Lucian , inscribed to him the Demonax thus : " To Dr. Samuel Johnson , the Demonax of the present age , this piece is inscribed by a sincere admirer of his re- spectable talents ...
... reverend Dr. Franklin having published a translation of Lucian , inscribed to him the Demonax thus : " To Dr. Samuel Johnson , the Demonax of the present age , this piece is inscribed by a sincere admirer of his re- spectable talents ...
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... reverend Mr. Strahan , " Warburton is perhaps the last man who has written with a mind full of reading and reflection . " It is remarkable , that in the life of Broome , Johnson takes notice of Dr. Warburton's using a mode of expres ...
... reverend Mr. Strahan , " Warburton is perhaps the last man who has written with a mind full of reading and reflection . " It is remarkable , that in the life of Broome , Johnson takes notice of Dr. Warburton's using a mode of expres ...
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... reverend Mr. Joseph Spence , containing a number of particulars concerning eminent men . To each anecdote is marked the name of the person on whose authority it is mentioned . This valuable collection is the property of the duke of New ...
... reverend Mr. Joseph Spence , containing a number of particulars concerning eminent men . To each anecdote is marked the name of the person on whose authority it is mentioned . This valuable collection is the property of the duke of New ...
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