The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 páginas |
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... translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidi- ty , and in fo masterly a manner , that he obtained great applaufe from it , which ever after kept him high in the ...
... translate Pope's Meffiab into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with uncommon rapidi- ty , and in fo masterly a manner , that he obtained great applaufe from it , which ever after kept him high in the ...
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... translator's , name , he had from Mr. Warren only five guineas . It is the first prose work of John- fon ; but it exhibits no fpecimen of elegance ; neither is it marked by any character of ftyle , which would lead to a difcovery of the ...
... translator's , name , he had from Mr. Warren only five guineas . It is the first prose work of John- fon ; but it exhibits no fpecimen of elegance ; neither is it marked by any character of ftyle , which would lead to a difcovery of the ...
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... translation , either from the Latin or the French . John- fon is a very good scholar and poet , and . I have great hopes will turn out a fine tra- gedy writer . " How he employed himself upon his firft coming to London , is not ...
... translation , either from the Latin or the French . John- fon is a very good scholar and poet , and . I have great hopes will turn out a fine tra- gedy writer . " How he employed himself upon his firft coming to London , is not ...
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... , in a letter dated Greenwich , July 12. 1737 , to undertake a translation of Fa- ther Paul Sarpi's History of the Council 66 of Trent , " from the French edition of Dr. Le Courayer . His propofal was accepted ; but it [ 46 ]
... , in a letter dated Greenwich , July 12. 1737 , to undertake a translation of Fa- ther Paul Sarpi's History of the Council 66 of Trent , " from the French edition of Dr. Le Courayer . His propofal was accepted ; but it [ 46 ]
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... translation of which , by an unknown correfpondent , ap- peared in the Magazine for May follow- ing . At this period , the misfortunes and mif- conduct of Savage had reduced him to the lowest state of wretchednefs as a writer för bread ...
... translation of which , by an unknown correfpondent , ap- peared in the Magazine for May follow- ing . At this period , the misfortunes and mif- conduct of Savage had reduced him to the lowest state of wretchednefs as a writer för bread ...
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