The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works |
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It is characterized by profound reflection , more than pointed fpirit . It has ,
however , always been held in high esteem , and is certainly as great an effort of
ethic poetry as any language can show . The instances of the variety of
disappointment ...
It is characterized by profound reflection , more than pointed fpirit . It has ,
however , always been held in high esteem , and is certainly as great an effort of
ethic poetry as any language can show . The instances of the variety of
disappointment ...
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shows that his conduct was not always fo folemn as his effays . “ One night when
Beauclerck and , Langton had fupped at a tavern in London , and sat till about
three in the morning , it came into their heads to go and knock up Johnson , and ...
shows that his conduct was not always fo folemn as his effays . “ One night when
Beauclerck and , Langton had fupped at a tavern in London , and sat till about
three in the morning , it came into their heads to go and knock up Johnson , and ...
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8vo , 1786 , in a style that shows he possessed , in an eminent degree , the skill
to give connection to miscellaneous matter , and vivacity to the whole of his
narrative . . . At the approach of the general election , in 1774 , he published a
short ...
8vo , 1786 , in a style that shows he possessed , in an eminent degree , the skill
to give connection to miscellaneous matter , and vivacity to the whole of his
narrative . . . At the approach of the general election , in 1774 , he published a
short ...
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... as appears from his history of the Mad Astronomer in Rasselas , the description
of whose mind he seems to have intended as a representation of his own . But let
us turn from these foibles and singularities , which show him weaker than the ...
... as appears from his history of the Mad Astronomer in Rasselas , the description
of whose mind he seems to have intended as a representation of his own . But let
us turn from these foibles and singularities , which show him weaker than the ...
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From Marlbrough ' s eyes the streams of dotage flow , And I wift expires a drivell :
r and a show : And oi beauty he says , Yet Vane would tell what ills from beauty
spring , And Sedley curs ' d the form that pleas ' d a king , This last example is ill ...
From Marlbrough ' s eyes the streams of dotage flow , And I wift expires a drivell :
r and a show : And oi beauty he says , Yet Vane would tell what ills from beauty
spring , And Sedley curs ' d the form that pleas ' d a king , This last example is ill ...
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