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Page 31
By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised :
and by Dryden , in “ Mac Flecknoe , ” it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect
much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of English
...
By the Spectator it has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised :
and by Dryden , in “ Mac Flecknoe , ” it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect
much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of English
...
Page 173
Pr ' ythee tell me true , was not this Huffcap once the Indian Emperor ; and at
another time did he not call himself Maximin ? Was not Lyndaraxa once called
Almeria . I mean under Montezuma “ the Indian Emperor . I protest and vow they
are ...
Pr ' ythee tell me true , was not this Huffcap once the Indian Emperor ; and at
another time did he not call himself Maximin ? Was not Lyndaraxa once called
Almeria . I mean under Montezuma “ the Indian Emperor . I protest and vow they
are ...
Page 279
Tamerlane has for a long time been acted only once a year , on the night when
king William landed . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over , and it now
gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like
a ...
Tamerlane has for a long time been acted only once a year , on the night when
king William landed . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over , and it now
gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like
a ...
Page 447
Once , when he was without lodging , meat or clothes , one of his friends , a man
indeed not remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message , that he
desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his intention ...
Once , when he was without lodging , meat or clothes , one of his friends , a man
indeed not remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message , that he
desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his intention ...
Page 596
He was once reading to Dodington , who , being himself a reader eminently
elegant , was so much provoked by his odd ... Savage , who lived much with
Thomson , once told me , how he heard a lady remarking that she could gather
from his ...
He was once reading to Dodington , who , being himself a reader eminently
elegant , was so much provoked by his odd ... Savage , who lived much with
Thomson , once told me , how he heard a lady remarking that she could gather
from his ...
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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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