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Page 48
Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year , by which
it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment . I
once heard Mr . Hanrpton , the translator of Polybius , remark what I think is ...
Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year , by which
it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment . I
once heard Mr . Hanrpton , the translator of Polybius , remark what I think is ...
Page 64
Here again may appear Lucifer , re : lating and insulting in what he had done to
the destruction of man . Man next , and Eve having by this time been seduced by
the Serpent , appears confusedly covered with leaves . Conscience , in a shape ...
Here again may appear Lucifer , re : lating and insulting in what he had done to
the destruction of man . Man next , and Eve having by this time been seduced by
the Serpent , appears confusedly covered with leaves . Conscience , in a shape ...
Page 320
But let us come to the scenery of the Fifth Act . Cato appears first “ upon the scene
, sitting in a thoughtful posture ; in his ... that he should appear solus , in a sullen
posture , a drawn sword on " the table by him ; in his hand Plato ' s treatise on ...
But let us come to the scenery of the Fifth Act . Cato appears first “ upon the scene
, sitting in a thoughtful posture ; in his ... that he should appear solus , in a sullen
posture , a drawn sword on " the table by him ; in his hand Plato ' s treatise on ...
Page 598
He appears , from the narrative of Dr . Gibbons , to have been neither indigent
nor illiterate . Isaac , the eldest of nine children , was given to books from his
infancy ; and began , we are told , to learn Latin when he was four years old , I
suppose ...
He appears , from the narrative of Dr . Gibbons , to have been neither indigent
nor illiterate . Isaac , the eldest of nine children , was given to books from his
infancy ; and began , we are told , to learn Latin when he was four years old , I
suppose ...
Page 633
The dedication , which was only suffered to appear in Mr . Tonson ' s edition .
while it speaks with satisfaction of his present ... It is addressed , in no common
sirain of Hattery , to a chancellor , of whom he cleariy appears to have had no
kind of ...
The dedication , which was only suffered to appear in Mr . Tonson ' s edition .
while it speaks with satisfaction of his present ... It is addressed , in no common
sirain of Hattery , to a chancellor , of whom he cleariy appears to have had no
kind of ...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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