The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksDoig and Stirling, 1815 - 639 páginas |
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... gave a specimen of his being able to pre- serve his conversation , in a characteristic and lively manner , in his " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . " His veneration and esteem for his friend induced him , at a subsequent period , to ...
... gave a specimen of his being able to pre- serve his conversation , in a characteristic and lively manner , in his " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . " His veneration and esteem for his friend induced him , at a subsequent period , to ...
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... gave to the younger boys . He thus discriminated to Dr Percy , Bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar- schools : " At one , I learnt much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I learnt much from the ...
... gave to the younger boys . He thus discriminated to Dr Percy , Bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar- schools : " At one , I learnt much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I learnt much from the ...
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... gave the first impression of that extensive reading in which he had indulged himself . Of his tutor , Mr Jorden , he gave Mr Bos- well the following account : " He was a very worthy man , but a heavy man ; and I did not profit much by ...
... gave the first impression of that extensive reading in which he had indulged himself . Of his tutor , Mr Jorden , he gave Mr Bos- well the following account : " He was a very worthy man , but a heavy man ; and I did not profit much by ...
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... gave in a short copy of verses , intituled Som- nium , containing a common thought , " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politics ; he should confine ...
... gave in a short copy of verses , intituled Som- nium , containing a common thought , " that the muse had come to him in his sleep , and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politics ; he should confine ...
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... gave to the world the first number of the " Gentleman's Magazine , or Monthly Intelligencer , " under the assumed name of Sylvanus Urban , Gent . See " Memoirs of the Society of Grub- street , " Preface , p . 12 . + Sir John Floyer's ...
... gave to the world the first number of the " Gentleman's Magazine , or Monthly Intelligencer , " under the assumed name of Sylvanus Urban , Gent . See " Memoirs of the Society of Grub- street , " Preface , p . 12 . + Sir John Floyer's ...
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