Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 92
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his bio- graphers : every house in which he resided is his- torically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his bio- graphers : every house in which he resided is his- torically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Page 157
Samuel Johnson. Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are ...
Samuel Johnson. Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are ...
Page 345
Samuel Johnson. Perhaps no nation ever produced a writer that en- riched his language with such variety of models . To him we owe the improvement , perhaps the completion of our metre , the refinement of our language , and much of the ...
Samuel Johnson. Perhaps no nation ever produced a writer that en- riched his language with such variety of models . To him we owe the improvement , perhaps the completion of our metre , the refinement of our language , and much of the ...
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