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... person [ Bishop Hurd ] respectable by his talents , his learning , his station , and his age , which were published a great many years ago , and have since , it is said , been silently given up by their author . But when it is ...
... person [ Bishop Hurd ] respectable by his talents , his learning , his station , and his age , which were published a great many years ago , and have since , it is said , been silently given up by their author . But when it is ...
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... person of high rank that took particular notice of me in the way most flattering to a young man , fondly ambitious of being distinguished for his literary talents ; and by the honour of his encouragement made me think well of myself ...
... person of high rank that took particular notice of me in the way most flattering to a young man , fondly ambitious of being distinguished for his literary talents ; and by the honour of his encouragement made me think well of myself ...
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... persons having doubts concerning this fact , I applied to Dr. Johnson , to learn on what authority he asserted it . He told me , he had it from Savage , who lived in intimacy with Steele , and who mentioned , that Steele told him the ...
... persons having doubts concerning this fact , I applied to Dr. Johnson , to learn on what authority he asserted it . He told me , he had it from Savage , who lived in intimacy with Steele , and who mentioned , that Steele told him the ...
Pagina 27
... person and manner may be forgotten , where intellectual pleasure is communicated to a susceptible mind ; and that Johnson was capable of feeling the most delicate and disinterested attachment appears from the following letter , which is ...
... person and manner may be forgotten , where intellectual pleasure is communicated to a susceptible mind ; and that Johnson was capable of feeling the most delicate and disinterested attachment appears from the following letter , which is ...
Pagina 28
... person , of which the excellence is not so apparent : " TO MISS BOOTHBY . “ January , 1755 , LETTER 391 . " DEAREST MADAM , -Though I am afraid your illness leaves you little leisure for the reception of airy civilities , yet I cannot ...
... person , of which the excellence is not so apparent : " TO MISS BOOTHBY . “ January , 1755 , LETTER 391 . " DEAREST MADAM , -Though I am afraid your illness leaves you little leisure for the reception of airy civilities , yet I cannot ...
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