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Page 153
... praise of one who was peculiarly dear to him . " John- son told me , " says Mr Boswell , " with an amiable fondness , that Mrs Johnson , in whose judgment and taste he had great confidence , said to him , after a few numbers of The ...
... praise of one who was peculiarly dear to him . " John- son told me , " says Mr Boswell , " with an amiable fondness , that Mrs Johnson , in whose judgment and taste he had great confidence , said to him , after a few numbers of The ...
Page 228
... praise of perfection ; which if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude , * what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work , till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage are ...
... praise of perfection ; which if I could obtain in this gloom of solitude , * what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work , till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave ; and success and miscarriage are ...
Page 636
... praise of Johnson , 25. 78 . Life of , 500. remarks on , 507 . parallel between Dryden and , 512 Porter , Miss , ( Johnson's step - daugh- ter ) , 49. 322. 438 . Potter , Rev. Mr , his Observations on Johnson's Lives , ' 401 ...
... praise of Johnson , 25. 78 . Life of , 500. remarks on , 507 . parallel between Dryden and , 512 Porter , Miss , ( Johnson's step - daugh- ter ) , 49. 322. 438 . Potter , Rev. Mr , his Observations on Johnson's Lives , ' 401 ...
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