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Pagina xiv
... considers the biographer of Johnson as the most eminent part of the family pedigree . With less activity , less indiscretion , less curiosity , less enthusiasm , he might , per- haps , have been what the old lord would , no doubt , have ...
... considers the biographer of Johnson as the most eminent part of the family pedigree . With less activity , less indiscretion , less curiosity , less enthusiasm , he might , per- haps , have been what the old lord would , no doubt , have ...
Pagina xvii
... Considering the eminent per- sons to whom it relates , and the quantity of miscellaneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings together , his Life of Johnson may be termed , without exception , the best parlour - window ...
... Considering the eminent per- sons to whom it relates , and the quantity of miscellaneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings together , his Life of Johnson may be termed , without exception , the best parlour - window ...
Pagina xix
... consider his delineation of Johnson merely as a character in a novel of the period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trivial obligation . But what can the best character in any novel ever be , compared to a full ...
... consider his delineation of Johnson merely as a character in a novel of the period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trivial obligation . But what can the best character in any novel ever be , compared to a full ...
Pagina xxiii
... Consider- ations on the Dispute between Crousaz and Warburton on Pope's Essay on Man : " - " Dedication to James's Dic- tionary : Friendship , an Ode . " . His extreme In- digence at this Time . — His Acquaintance with Savage ...
... Consider- ations on the Dispute between Crousaz and Warburton on Pope's Essay on Man : " - " Dedication to James's Dic- tionary : Friendship , an Ode . " . His extreme In- digence at this Time . — His Acquaintance with Savage ...
Pagina 6
... consider that the most busy persons are , in general , the most easily amused . " — Anecdotes , vol . ii . p . 320 . Of Barrow it is said , that " as he could presently learn to play at all games , so he could accommodate his discourse ...
... consider that the most busy persons are , in general , the most easily amused . " — Anecdotes , vol . ii . p . 320 . Of Barrow it is said , that " as he could presently learn to play at all games , so he could accommodate his discourse ...
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