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Page 287
It is necessary to inform the reader , chat about this . time he was introduced by
Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the . * A letter which I found among
Dr . Johnson ' s papers , dated in January 1784 , from a Lady in Wiltshire ,
contains ...
It is necessary to inform the reader , chat about this . time he was introduced by
Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the . * A letter which I found among
Dr . Johnson ' s papers , dated in January 1784 , from a Lady in Wiltshire ,
contains ...
Page 569
The copious notes with which the version is accompanied , and by which it is
recommended to many readers , though ... without praise : commentaries which
attract the reader by the pleasure of perusal have not often appeared ; the 310tes
of ...
The copious notes with which the version is accompanied , and by which it is
recommended to many readers , though ... without praise : commentaries which
attract the reader by the pleasure of perusal have not often appeared ; the 310tes
of ...
Page 596
He was once reading to Dodington , who , being himself a reader eminently
elegant , was so much provoked by his odd utterance , that he snatched the
paper from his hands , and told trim that he did not understand his own verses .
He was once reading to Dodington , who , being himself a reader eminently
elegant , was so much provoked by his odd utterance , that he snatched the
paper from his hands , and told trim that he did not understand his own verses .
Page 612
An Imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , however acute , by whom Spenser
has never been perused . Works of this kind may deserve praise , as proofs of
great industry , and great nicety of observation , but the highest praise , the praise
...
An Imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , however acute , by whom Spenser
has never been perused . Works of this kind may deserve praise , as proofs of
great industry , and great nicety of observation , but the highest praise , the praise
...
Page 677
In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader for by the
common sense of readers uncorrupted with literasy prejudices , after all the
refinements of subtility and the dogmatism of learning , must be finally decided all
...
In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader for by the
common sense of readers uncorrupted with literasy prejudices , after all the
refinements of subtility and the dogmatism of learning , must be finally decided all
...
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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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