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Samuel Johnson. INTRODUCTION " PRAY tell me , " writes Boswell to Johnson ( on the twenty- fourth of April , 1777 ) , " pray tell me about the edition of English Poets , with a preface , biographical and critical , to each Authour , by ...
Samuel Johnson. INTRODUCTION " PRAY tell me , " writes Boswell to Johnson ( on the twenty- fourth of April , 1777 ) , " pray tell me about the edition of English Poets , with a preface , biographical and critical , to each Authour , by ...
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... tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a com- modious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things and rejecting others ...
... tell anything as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a com- modious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things and rejecting others ...
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... tell or receive these stories should consider that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by the power of his horse . Every man that has ever undertaken to instruct others , can tell ...
... tell or receive these stories should consider that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by the power of his horse . Every man that has ever undertaken to instruct others , can tell ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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