The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called Senilia ; in which he shows so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . — In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give the ...
... verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called Senilia ; in which he shows so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . — In matters of genealogy it is necessary to give the ...
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... a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - BOSWELL . who has passed through life with more observation than Reynolds 4 . [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - BOSWELL . who has passed through life with more observation than Reynolds 4 . [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... verse bordering on licentiousness . Johnson rebuked him in the finest manner , by first showing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . ' And he gave it ...
... verse bordering on licentiousness . Johnson rebuked him in the finest manner , by first showing him that he did not know the passage he was aiming at , and thus humbling him : Sir , that is not the song : it is thus . ' And he gave it ...
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... verse :) however , this miserable poem did not m Johnson , in his life of Milton , after mentioning that great poet's extraordi- nary fancy , that the world was in its decay , and that his book was to be written in an age too late for ...
... verse :) however , this miserable poem did not m Johnson , in his life of Milton , after mentioning that great poet's extraordi- nary fancy , that the world was in its decay , and that his book was to be written in an age too late for ...
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... verses ' in Dodsley's collection , which he recited with his ¶ It should be remembered , that this was said twenty - five or thirty years ago , when lace was very generally worn . — MALONE . r Dr. Johnson , in his life of Cowley , says ...
... verses ' in Dodsley's collection , which he recited with his ¶ It should be remembered , that this was said twenty - five or thirty years ago , when lace was very generally worn . — MALONE . r Dr. Johnson , in his life of Cowley , says ...
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