The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works ... and Various Original Pieces ... Never Before Published ...T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1804 |
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... poems , she many years attempted to publish them : the half - crowns she had got towards the publication , she confessed to me , went for necessaries , and that the greatest pain she ever felt was from the appearance of defrauding her ...
... poems , she many years attempted to publish them : the half - crowns she had got towards the publication , she confessed to me , went for necessaries , and that the greatest pain she ever felt was from the appearance of defrauding her ...
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... poem " On the Death of Stephen Grey , the Elec- trician ; * " which , on reading it , appeared to me to be undoubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " " Sir , ( said she , with some warmth , ) I wrote that poem ...
... poem " On the Death of Stephen Grey , the Elec- trician ; * " which , on reading it , appeared to me to be undoubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " " Sir , ( said she , with some warmth , ) I wrote that poem ...
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... poem , called " The Race , by Mercurius Spur , Esq . " in which he whimsically made the living poets of England contend for pre - eminence of fame by running : " Prove by their heels the prowess of the head . ” In this poem there was ...
... poem , called " The Race , by Mercurius Spur , Esq . " in which he whimsically made the living poets of England contend for pre - eminence of fame by running : " Prove by their heels the prowess of the head . ” In this poem there was ...
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... poem upon the glow - worm , I am sorry I did not ask where it was to be found . 1 3 I should think it impossible not ... Poems , " Maupertuis cher Maupertuis " Que notre vie est peu de chose . ” Y There was in Maupertuis a vigour and yet ...
... poem upon the glow - worm , I am sorry I did not ask where it was to be found . 1 3 I should think it impossible not ... Poems , " Maupertuis cher Maupertuis " Que notre vie est peu de chose . ” Y There was in Maupertuis a vigour and yet ...
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... to marry again , it might be concluded that his first wife had given him a dis- gust to marriage ; but by taking a second wife he " A Wife , " a poem , 1614 . Ætat . 60 . pays the highest compliment to the 74 THE LIFE OF -
... to marry again , it might be concluded that his first wife had given him a dis- gust to marriage ; but by taking a second wife he " A Wife , " a poem , 1614 . Ætat . 60 . pays the highest compliment to the 74 THE LIFE OF -
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