Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North WalesHarper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... publick report , as to Johnson's be- ing himself the authour of a considerable part of that poem . Much , no doubt , both of the sentiments and expression , were derived from conversation with him ; and it was cer- tainly submitted to ...
... publick report , as to Johnson's be- ing himself the authour of a considerable part of that poem . Much , no doubt , both of the sentiments and expression , were derived from conversation with him ; and it was cer- tainly submitted to ...
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... publick , or ' We may compare with this what he says in The Rambler , No. 21 , about the ' cowardice which always encroaches fast upon such as spend their time in the company of persons higher than themselves . ' In No. 104 he writes ...
... publick , or ' We may compare with this what he says in The Rambler , No. 21 , about the ' cowardice which always encroaches fast upon such as spend their time in the company of persons higher than themselves . ' In No. 104 he writes ...
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... publick business , ' in which he has gained more reputation than perhaps any man at ' Mrs. Thrale , in a letter to Dr. Johnson , said : - ' Don't sit making verses that never will be written . ' Piozzi Letters , ii . 183. Baretti noted ...
... publick business , ' in which he has gained more reputation than perhaps any man at ' Mrs. Thrale , in a letter to Dr. Johnson , said : - ' Don't sit making verses that never will be written . ' Piozzi Letters , ii . 183. Baretti noted ...
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... publick library . ' His Majesty enquired if he was then writing any thing . He answered , he was not , for he had pretty well told the world what he knew , and must now read to acquire more knowledge ' . The King , as it should seem ...
... publick library . ' His Majesty enquired if he was then writing any thing . He answered , he was not , for he had pretty well told the world what he knew , and must now read to acquire more knowledge ' . The King , as it should seem ...
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... publick this year , except the Prologue * to his friend Goldsmith's comedy of The Good - Natured Man ' . The first lines of this Prologue are strongly characteristical of the dismal gloom of his mind ; which in his case , as in the case ...
... publick this year , except the Prologue * to his friend Goldsmith's comedy of The Good - Natured Man ' . The first lines of this Prologue are strongly characteristical of the dismal gloom of his mind ; which in his case , as in the case ...
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