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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... Shakspeare 358 Vice ibid . Shame 356 Virtue 374 Simile 355 Virtue , Access of 377 Singularity 353 Virtue , Intentional 376 357 Virtue , Romantic ibid . 354 Solitude 350 U. Sorrow ibid . Utility 378 Sports , Rural 358 Understanding ibid ...
... Shakspeare 358 Vice ibid . Shame 356 Virtue 374 Simile 355 Virtue , Access of 377 Singularity 353 Virtue , Intentional 376 357 Virtue , Romantic ibid . 354 Solitude 350 U. Sorrow ibid . Utility 378 Sports , Rural 358 Understanding ibid ...
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... Shakspeare : " Corneille is to Shakspeare ( re- plied Mr. Johnson ) as a clipped hedge is to a forest . ” Of a much admired poem , when extolled as beautiful ( he replied ) " That it had indeed the beauty of a bubble : the colours are ...
... Shakspeare : " Corneille is to Shakspeare ( re- plied Mr. Johnson ) as a clipped hedge is to a forest . ” Of a much admired poem , when extolled as beautiful ( he replied ) " That it had indeed the beauty of a bubble : the colours are ...
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... Shakspeare , Ton- son , the publisher , desired a gentleman to ask Johnson for a list of the subscribers . " Why , Sir , " says the Doctor , " I have two material reasons against it : —in the first place , I have lost all their names ...
... Shakspeare , Ton- son , the publisher , desired a gentleman to ask Johnson for a list of the subscribers . " Why , Sir , " says the Doctor , " I have two material reasons against it : —in the first place , I have lost all their names ...
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... Shakspeare with notes . He issued proposals of considerable length , in which he showed that he per- fectly well knew what a variety of research such an un- dertaking required ; but his indolence prevented him from pursuing it with that ...
... Shakspeare with notes . He issued proposals of considerable length , in which he showed that he per- fectly well knew what a variety of research such an un- dertaking required ; but his indolence prevented him from pursuing it with that ...
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... Shakspeare , which , if it had no other merit but that of producing his Preface , in which the excellencies and defects of that immortal bard are displayed with a masterly hand , the nation would have had no reason to complain . A blind ...
... Shakspeare , which , if it had no other merit but that of producing his Preface , in which the excellencies and defects of that immortal bard are displayed with a masterly hand , the nation would have had no reason to complain . A blind ...
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