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This ovation is believed by Mr . Boswell to have been an honour paid to the early
predominance of his intellectual powers alone ; but they who remember what
boys are , and who consider that Johnson ' s corporeal prowess was by no
means ...
This ovation is believed by Mr . Boswell to have been an honour paid to the early
predominance of his intellectual powers alone ; but they who remember what
boys are , and who consider that Johnson ' s corporeal prowess was by no
means ...
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From his earliest years he loved to read poetry and romances of chivalry . He
read Shakspeare at a period sa early , that the speech of the ghost in “ Hamlet ” .
terrified him when he wasalone . Horace ' s odes were the composi - , tions he
most ...
From his earliest years he loved to read poetry and romances of chivalry . He
read Shakspeare at a period sa early , that the speech of the ghost in “ Hamlet ” .
terrified him when he wasalone . Horace ' s odes were the composi - , tions he
most ...
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With Critical Observations on His Works Robert Anderson. tions he most liked in
early life ; but it was long before he could relish his fatires and epistles . He told
Mr . Boswell , what he read folidly at Oxford was Greek , not the Grecian
historians ...
With Critical Observations on His Works Robert Anderson. tions he most liked in
early life ; but it was long before he could relish his fatires and epistles . He told
Mr . Boswell , what he read folidly at Oxford was Greek , not the Grecian
historians ...
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Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week , and Mr . Johnfon , to try his
fate with a tragedy , and to see to get himself employed in some translation ,
either from the Latin or the French . Johnson is a very good scholar and poet ,
and .
Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week , and Mr . Johnfon , to try his
fate with a tragedy , and to see to get himself employed in some translation ,
either from the Latin or the French . Johnson is a very good scholar and poet ,
and .
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Few have distinguished themselves as orators , who have not begun the practice
of speaking in public early in life ; and it may be doubted whether the habits of
regular and correct composition are not unfavourable to that K jij [ 149 ] the ...
Few have distinguished themselves as orators , who have not begun the practice
of speaking in public early in life ; and it may be doubted whether the habits of
regular and correct composition are not unfavourable to that K jij [ 149 ] the ...
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