The beauties of Samuel Johnson: maxims and observations. To which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, his life [&c.].1804 |
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... Idler , vol . ii . p . 185 , and which , I hope , he will accept himself as an additional motive for this under- taking . " Writers of extensive comprehension ( says he ) have incidental remarks upon topics very remote from the ...
... Idler , vol . ii . p . 185 , and which , I hope , he will accept himself as an additional motive for this under- taking . " Writers of extensive comprehension ( says he ) have incidental remarks upon topics very remote from the ...
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... Idler , was by himself intended as his own portrait ; and that he had his own outset into life in his eye when he wrote the Eastern story of Gelaleddin . Of the allegorical papers in the Rambler , Labour and Rest was his favourite ; but ...
... Idler , was by himself intended as his own portrait ; and that he had his own outset into life in his eye when he wrote the Eastern story of Gelaleddin . Of the allegorical papers in the Rambler , Labour and Rest was his favourite ; but ...
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... Idler , vol . 2 , p . 37 . Let honest credulity beware of receiving cha- racters from contemporary writers . Life of Dryden . The task of an author is either to teach what is not known , or to recommend known truths by his manner of ...
... Idler , vol . 2 , p . 37 . Let honest credulity beware of receiving cha- racters from contemporary writers . Life of Dryden . The task of an author is either to teach what is not known , or to recommend known truths by his manner of ...
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... Idler , vol . 2 , p . 184 .. That Shakspeare once designed to have brought Falstaff on the scene again , we know from him- self ; but whether he could contrive no train of adventures , suitable to his character , or could match him with ...
... Idler , vol . 2 , p . 184 .. That Shakspeare once designed to have brought Falstaff on the scene again , we know from him- self ; but whether he could contrive no train of adventures , suitable to his character , or could match him with ...
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... Idler , vol . 1 , p . 202 . AGRICULTURE.- Nothing can more fully prove the ingratitude of mankind ( a crime often charged upon them , and often denied ) than the little regard which the disposers of honorary rewards have paid to ...
... Idler , vol . 1 , p . 202 . AGRICULTURE.- Nothing can more fully prove the ingratitude of mankind ( a crime often charged upon them , and often denied ) than the little regard which the disposers of honorary rewards have paid to ...
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