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Page iii
... give pleasure to the most critical ear , and the most refined taste . The panegyric which Pliny bestowed upon one of his contemporaries , conveys no exaggerated flattery when applied to DR . JOHNSON . Nihil est illo gravius , sanctius ...
... give pleasure to the most critical ear , and the most refined taste . The panegyric which Pliny bestowed upon one of his contemporaries , conveys no exaggerated flattery when applied to DR . JOHNSON . Nihil est illo gravius , sanctius ...
Page xvii
... give the History of the Council of Trent , with copious notes then lately added to a French edition . - Twelve sheets of this work were printed , for which Johnson re- ceived forty - nine pounds , as appears by his receipt in the ...
... give the History of the Council of Trent , with copious notes then lately added to a French edition . - Twelve sheets of this work were printed , for which Johnson re- ceived forty - nine pounds , as appears by his receipt in the ...
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... give a pleasant description of this Green - room finery , as related by the author himself ; " But , " said Johnson , with great gravity , " I soon laid aside my gold - laced hat , lest it should make me proud . " The amount of the ...
... give a pleasant description of this Green - room finery , as related by the author himself ; " But , " said Johnson , with great gravity , " I soon laid aside my gold - laced hat , lest it should make me proud . " The amount of the ...
Page xxxiv
... give it smoothness . " He is therefore entitled to a dispassionate answer . When Johnson wrote the pro- logue , it does appear that he was aware of the malignant artifices practised by Lauder . In the postscript to John- son's preface ...
... give it smoothness . " He is therefore entitled to a dispassionate answer . When Johnson wrote the pro- logue , it does appear that he was aware of the malignant artifices practised by Lauder . In the postscript to John- son's preface ...
Page lii
... give the laurel to North Britain . " Alas ! what can he do upon that subject ? " said Johnson : " Aristotle , Polybius , Grotius , Puffendorf , and Burlemaqui , have reaped in that field before him . " " He will treat it , " said Dr ...
... give the laurel to North Britain . " Alas ! what can he do upon that subject ? " said Johnson : " Aristotle , Polybius , Grotius , Puffendorf , and Burlemaqui , have reaped in that field before him . " " He will treat it , " said Dr ...
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