Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 353
... CROKER , LL . D. F. R. S. Five volumes 8vo . London : 1831 . Whatever THIS work has greatly disappointed us . faults we may have been prepared to find in it , we fully expected that it would be a valuable addi- tion to English ...
... CROKER , LL . D. F. R. S. Five volumes 8vo . London : 1831 . Whatever THIS work has greatly disappointed us . faults we may have been prepared to find in it , we fully expected that it would be a valuable addi- tion to English ...
Pagina 354
... Croker tells us in a note that Derrick , who was master of the ceremonies at Bath , died very poor in 1760. * We read on ; and , a few pages later , we find Dr. Johnson and Boswell talking of this same Derrick as still living and ...
... Croker tells us in a note that Derrick , who was master of the ceremonies at Bath , died very poor in 1760. * We read on ; and , a few pages later , we find Dr. Johnson and Boswell talking of this same Derrick as still living and ...
Pagina 355
... Croker says , that at the com- mencement of the intimacy between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale , in 1765 , the lady was twenty - five years old . ‡ In other places he says , that Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's ...
... Croker says , that at the com- mencement of the intimacy between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale , in 1765 , the lady was twenty - five years old . ‡ In other places he says , that Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's ...
Pagina 356
... Croker , " was said to be the autobiography of Frederick Prince of Wales , but was probably written by Ralph his secretary . " A more absurd note never was penned . The history of Prince Titi , to which Mr. Croker refers , whether ...
... Croker , " was said to be the autobiography of Frederick Prince of Wales , but was probably written by Ralph his secretary . " A more absurd note never was penned . The history of Prince Titi , to which Mr. Croker refers , whether ...
Pagina 357
... Croker cites as the authority for his statement . 66 Mr. Croker tells us that the great Marquis of Mon- trose was beheaded at Edinburgh in 1650. † There is not a forward boy at any school in England who does not know that the marquis ...
... Croker cites as the authority for his statement . 66 Mr. Croker tells us that the great Marquis of Mon- trose was beheaded at Edinburgh in 1650. † There is not a forward boy at any school in England who does not know that the marquis ...
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