The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina 31
... merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of ...
... merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard , Dr. Swinfen , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Levett , Captain Garrick , father of the great ornament of ...
Pagina 33
... merit has been honoured by the testimony of Bishop Hurd , 1 who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the University . This employment was very irksome to him in every ...
... merit has been honoured by the testimony of Bishop Hurd , 1 who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the University . This employment was very irksome to him in every ...
Pagina 37
... merit of Johnson , and the cheap price at which this book was offered , there were not subscribers enough to ensure a sufficient sale ; so the work never appeared , and probably , never was executed . We find him again this year at ...
... merit of Johnson , and the cheap price at which this book was offered , there were not subscribers enough to ensure a sufficient sale ; so the work never appeared , and probably , never was executed . We find him again this year at ...
Pagina 51
... merit of the versions equal , we may hope that the addition of the notes will turn the balance in our favour , considering the reputation of the annotator . " Be pleased to favour me with a speedy answer , if you are not willing to ...
... merit of the versions equal , we may hope that the addition of the notes will turn the balance in our favour , considering the reputation of the annotator . " Be pleased to favour me with a speedy answer , if you are not willing to ...
Pagina 57
... merit . He was the first English historian who had recourse to that authentic source of information , the Parliamentary Journals ; and such was the power of his political pen , that , at an early period , Government thought it worth ...
... merit . He was the first English historian who had recourse to that authentic source of information , the Parliamentary Journals ; and such was the power of his political pen , that , at an early period , Government thought it worth ...
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