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... tion that Dr. Johnson should be invited to contribute a series of brief biographical prefaces , telling as much , or as little , as he thought fit , of the life and circum- stances of his author . Johnson accepted the sugges- tion ...
... tion that Dr. Johnson should be invited to contribute a series of brief biographical prefaces , telling as much , or as little , as he thought fit , of the life and circum- stances of his author . Johnson accepted the sugges- tion ...
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... tion of a certain token which Sir Nicholas imparted . This commission could be only intended to lie ready till the time should require it . To have attempted to raise any forces , would have been certain destruc- tion ; it could be of ...
... tion of a certain token which Sir Nicholas imparted . This commission could be only intended to lie ready till the time should require it . To have attempted to raise any forces , would have been certain destruc- tion ; it could be of ...
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... tion , always upon the wing , and never tired with aspiring . Hence it was , that , though he writ as young as Cowley , he had no puerilities ; and his earliest productions were so far from having any thing in them mean and trifling ...
... tion , always upon the wing , and never tired with aspiring . Hence it was , that , though he writ as young as Cowley , he had no puerilities ; and his earliest productions were so far from having any thing in them mean and trifling ...
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