The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... and confequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood reprefents as ftruggling carneftly to procure him a literary education , and who , as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had B 3 as [ 5 ] Life of COWLEY, Page.
... and confequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood reprefents as ftruggling carneftly to procure him a literary education , and who , as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had B 3 as [ 5 ] Life of COWLEY, Page.
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Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had her folicitude rewarded by seeing her fon eminent , and , I hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account ...
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had her folicitude rewarded by seeing her fon eminent , and , I hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account ...
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... lived and afted within inners uncommunicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whofe ftory is related , and by confequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the at ...
... lived and afted within inners uncommunicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whofe ftory is related , and by confequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the at ...
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... lived five years ; in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this univerfality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be fuppofed that he who read fo much fhould have ...
... lived five years ; in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this univerfality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be fuppofed that he who read fo much fhould have ...
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... lived at Horton he used fome- times to fteal from his ftudies a few days , which he fpent at Harefield , the houfe of the countefs dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatick entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
... lived at Horton he used fome- times to fteal from his ftudies a few days , which he fpent at Harefield , the houfe of the countefs dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatick entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
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