The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, Том 51852 |
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... written his memoirs in no other way . He unconsciously painted Johnson as Crom- well wished to be painted by Lely : every wart and blemish was delineated . His undistinguishing veneration made little distinction between virtues and ...
... written his memoirs in no other way . He unconsciously painted Johnson as Crom- well wished to be painted by Lely : every wart and blemish was delineated . His undistinguishing veneration made little distinction between virtues and ...
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... written , a wiser man would not have made so entertaining a book . Notwithstanding the novelties of their journey , Johnson said they had gone too late to the Hebrides to see a people of peculiar appearance and a system of antiquated ...
... written , a wiser man would not have made so entertaining a book . Notwithstanding the novelties of their journey , Johnson said they had gone too late to the Hebrides to see a people of peculiar appearance and a system of antiquated ...
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... writing . Edinburgh surveyed . Character of Swift's works . Evil spirits and witchcraft . Lord Monboddo and the Ouran - outang AUGUST 17.- Poetry and dictionary - writing . Scepticism . Eternal necessity refuted . Lord Hailes's ...
... writing . Edinburgh surveyed . Character of Swift's works . Evil spirits and witchcraft . Lord Monboddo and the Ouran - outang AUGUST 17.- Poetry and dictionary - writing . Scepticism . Eternal necessity refuted . Lord Hailes's ...
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... written by a friend . Studied conclusions of letters . Whether allow- able in dying men to maintain resentment to the last . Instructions for writing the lives of literary men . Fingal denied to be genuine , and pleasantly ridiculed ...
... written by a friend . Studied conclusions of letters . Whether allow- able in dying men to maintain resentment to the last . Instructions for writing the lives of literary men . Fingal denied to be genuine , and pleasantly ridiculed ...
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... writing it . He was conscious of his supe- riority . He loved praise when it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it . He was somewhat susceptible of flattery . His mind was so full of imagery that he might have been ...
... writing it . He was conscious of his supe- riority . He loved praise when it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it . He was somewhat susceptible of flattery . His mind was so full of imagery that he might have been ...
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