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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... excellent TREATISE OF EQUITY , printed anonymously in 1742 , and lately republished with very valuable additions , by John Foublanque , Esq . Mr. Ballow died suddenly in London , July 26 , 1782 , aged seventy - five , and is mentioned ...
... excellent TREATISE OF EQUITY , printed anonymously in 1742 , and lately republished with very valuable additions , by John Foublanque , Esq . Mr. Ballow died suddenly in London , July 26 , 1782 , aged seventy - five , and is mentioned ...
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... excellent translator of " The Lusiad , " was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His ...
... excellent translator of " The Lusiad , " was there . I have preserved little of the conversation of this evening . Dr. Johnson said , " Thomson had a true poetical genius , the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light . His ...
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... excellent Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare is addressed ; and Dr. Harwood , who has written and published various works ; particularly a fantastical translation of the New Testament , in mo- dern phrase , and with a Socinian twist ...
... excellent Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare is addressed ; and Dr. Harwood , who has written and published various works ; particularly a fantastical translation of the New Testament , in mo- dern phrase , and with a Socinian twist ...
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... between Iago and Cassio , the most excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means . it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all * Etat . 67 . times . I admit that the 40 THE LIFE OF.
... between Iago and Cassio , the most excellent in its kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means . it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all * Etat . 67 . times . I admit that the 40 THE LIFE OF.
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... excellent dissertation , of which he dictated the first eight paragraphs on the 10th of May , and the remainder on the 13th , that there are in the whole only seven corrections , or rather variations , and those not considerable . Such ...
... excellent dissertation , of which he dictated the first eight paragraphs on the 10th of May , and the remainder on the 13th , that there are in the whole only seven corrections , or rather variations , and those not considerable . Such ...
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