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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... mean either to be a good writer , or , what is more worth , an honest man . " When I saw something like the same ex- pression in his criticism on that author , lately published put him in mind of his past injunctions to the young poet ...
... mean either to be a good writer , or , what is more worth , an honest man . " When I saw something like the same ex- pression in his criticism on that author , lately published put him in mind of his past injunctions to the young poet ...
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... means by which he attained to excellence , and his opinion of his own works . ” He said , that Dr. Birch had more anecdotes than any man - Boswell observed , " Dr. Percy had a great many , that he flowed with them like one of the Scotch ...
... means by which he attained to excellence , and his opinion of his own works . ” He said , that Dr. Birch had more anecdotes than any man - Boswell observed , " Dr. Percy had a great many , that he flowed with them like one of the Scotch ...
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... mean , shifting qualities about him , that she could by no means put either her person or fortune into his possession . " The other instance is equally strong . A grocer in the town of Litchfield , a neighbour of Peter Garrick's ...
... mean , shifting qualities about him , that she could by no means put either her person or fortune into his possession . " The other instance is equally strong . A grocer in the town of Litchfield , a neighbour of Peter Garrick's ...
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... means he had attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language . He told him , that he ' had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion ; and in every company to impart what- ever he knew in the most ...
... means he had attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language . He told him , that he ' had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his best on every occasion ; and in every company to impart what- ever he knew in the most ...
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... means , to deceive mankind . To effect this , he produced certain passages from Gro- tius , Masenius , and others , which had a faint resem- blance to some parts of the " Paradise Lost . " In these he interpolated some fragments of ...
... means , to deceive mankind . To effect this , he produced certain passages from Gro- tius , Masenius , and others , which had a faint resem- blance to some parts of the " Paradise Lost . " In these he interpolated some fragments of ...
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