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... soon drowned in the general applause . And no wonder : the work combines within itself the four most entertaining classes of writing - biography , memoirs , familiar letters , and that assemblage of literary anec- dotes which the French ...
... soon drowned in the general applause . And no wonder : the work combines within itself the four most entertaining classes of writing - biography , memoirs , familiar letters , and that assemblage of literary anec- dotes which the French ...
Pagina 26
... soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can portray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observ- able particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be ...
... soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can portray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observ- able particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be ...
Pagina 89
... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers of a periodical essay , printed in the newspaper of which Warren was ...
... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers of a periodical essay , printed in the newspaper of which Warren was ...
Pagina 90
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
Pagina 98
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . " ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little com- position from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her en ...
... Soon must this bough , as you shall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . " ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little com- position from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her en ...
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