The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions to the first edition, Том 31816 |
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... shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , " which Sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " don ...
... shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered , his " Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia , " which Sir John Pringle had lent me , it being then little known as one of his works . He said , " Take no notice of it , " or " don ...
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... shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his con- templation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter ; " No man but a blockhead ever ...
... shewed both that a journal of his Tour upon the Continent was not wholly out of his con- templation , and that he uniformly adhered to that strange opinion which his indolent disposition made him utter ; " No man but a blockhead ever ...
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... shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' com- pany . I visited him ...
... shewed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the Scriveners ' com- pany . I visited him ...
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... shewed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet , making a linnet soar on an 5 Owen M'Swinney , who died in 1754 , and bequeathed his fortune to Mrs. Woffington , the actress . He had been a Manager of Drury Lane Theatre , and ...
... shewed me an ode of his own , with an absurd couplet , making a linnet soar on an 5 Owen M'Swinney , who died in 1754 , and bequeathed his fortune to Mrs. Woffington , the actress . He had been a Manager of Drury Lane Theatre , and ...
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... shewed him genuine civilized life in an English provincial town . I turned him loose at Lichfield , my native city , that he might see for once real civility for you know he lives among savages in Scotland , and among rakes in London ...
... shewed him genuine civilized life in an English provincial town . I turned him loose at Lichfield , my native city , that he might see for once real civility for you know he lives among savages in Scotland , and among rakes in London ...
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