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Pagina 92
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his bio- graphers : every house in which he resided is his- torically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his bio- graphers : every house in which he resided is his- torically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Pagina 96
... perhaps no settled design , and was stimulated only by such expectations as naturally arose from the survey of his attainments , and the consciousness of his powers . What he should undertake , it was difficult to determine . He was ...
... perhaps no settled design , and was stimulated only by such expectations as naturally arose from the survey of his attainments , and the consciousness of his powers . What he should undertake , it was difficult to determine . He was ...
Pagina 157
Samuel Johnson. Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are ...
Samuel Johnson. Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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