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... tion that Dr. Johnson should be invited to contribute a series of brief biographical prefaces , telling as much , or as little , as he thought fit , of the life and circum- stances of his author . Johnson accepted the sugges- tion ...
... tion that Dr. Johnson should be invited to contribute a series of brief biographical prefaces , telling as much , or as little , as he thought fit , of the life and circum- stances of his author . Johnson accepted the sugges- tion ...
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... tion , in which the argument suffers little from the metre . In the poem on The Birth of the Prince of Wales , nothing is very remarkable but the exorbitant adula- tion , and that insensibility of the precipice on which the king was ...
... tion , in which the argument suffers little from the metre . In the poem on The Birth of the Prince of Wales , nothing is very remarkable but the exorbitant adula- tion , and that insensibility of the precipice on which the king was ...
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... tion . The scene lies among our ancestors in our own country , and therefore very easily catches attention . Rhodogune is a personage truly tragical , of high spirit and violent passions , great with tempestuous dignity , and wicked ...
... tion . The scene lies among our ancestors in our own country , and therefore very easily catches attention . Rhodogune is a personage truly tragical , of high spirit and violent passions , great with tempestuous dignity , and wicked ...
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