The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... most intimate friends , and wrote from perfonal know- ledge . Their several publications , which place his character in very different , and often oppofite points of light , by exhibit- ing a ftriking likeness of the features of his ...
... most intimate friends , and wrote from perfonal know- ledge . Their several publications , which place his character in very different , and often oppofite points of light , by exhibit- ing a ftriking likeness of the features of his ...
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... most extraordinary avidity , Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates may poffibly have fuggefted to Mr. Bofwell the idea of preserving and giving to the world the Memorabilia of his venerable friend ; but he profeffes to have followed the mo ...
... most extraordinary avidity , Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates may poffibly have fuggefted to Mr. Bofwell the idea of preserving and giving to the world the Memorabilia of his venerable friend ; but he profeffes to have followed the mo ...
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... most esteemed of these publications , would not be doing justice to it . The incidental conversations be- tween fo ... most copious , interesting , and finished picture of the life and opinions of an emi- nent man , that was ever ...
... most esteemed of these publications , would not be doing justice to it . The incidental conversations be- tween fo ... most copious , interesting , and finished picture of the life and opinions of an emi- nent man , that was ever ...
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With Critical Observations on His Works Robert Anderson. justly esteemed one of the most instructive and entertaining books in the English lan- guage . The eccentricities of Mr. Bofwell , it is useless to detail . They have already been ...
With Critical Observations on His Works Robert Anderson. justly esteemed one of the most instructive and entertaining books in the English lan- guage . The eccentricities of Mr. Bofwell , it is useless to detail . They have already been ...
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... of chi- valry . He read Shakspeare at a period fo early , that the fpeech of the ghost in " Hamlet " terrified him when he was alone . Horace's odes were the compofi- tions he most liked in early life ; but it [ 22 ]
... of chi- valry . He read Shakspeare at a period fo early , that the fpeech of the ghost in " Hamlet " terrified him when he was alone . Horace's odes were the compofi- tions he most liked in early life ; but it [ 22 ]
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