Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... collection . His lady was the daughter of Mr. Hunter , Johnson's first schoolmaster . And now , for the first time , I had the pleasure of see- ing his celebrated daughter , Miss Anna Seward , to whom I have since been indebted for many ...
... collection . His lady was the daughter of Mr. Hunter , Johnson's first schoolmaster . And now , for the first time , I had the pleasure of see- ing his celebrated daughter , Miss Anna Seward , to whom I have since been indebted for many ...
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... collection in England , except London , where , from its great size and diffusion , 1 [ Sir Fletcher Norton , afterwards Speaker of the House of Commons , and in 1782 created Baron Grantley . - M . ] many of those who reside in ...
... collection in England , except London , where , from its great size and diffusion , 1 [ Sir Fletcher Norton , afterwards Speaker of the House of Commons , and in 1782 created Baron Grantley . - M . ] many of those who reside in ...
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... Collections ; and various other small pieces ; but being a very modest man , never put his name to anything . He showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of ...
... Collections ; and various other small pieces ; but being a very modest man , never put his name to anything . He showed me a translation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of ...
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... collection , and main- tained that though you could not find a palace like Dryden's ' Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , ' you had villages composed of very pretty houses ; and he mentioned particularly ' The Spleen . ' JOHNSON : ' I ET . 67 ...
... collection , and main- tained that though you could not find a palace like Dryden's ' Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , ' you had villages composed of very pretty houses ; and he mentioned particularly ' The Spleen . ' JOHNSON : ' I ET . 67 ...
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... collection , on which you say he chiefly rested , is not poetry . ' BoswELL : ' Does not Gray's poetry , sir , tower above the common mark ? ' JOHN- SON : Yes , sir ; but we must attend to the difference between what men in general ...
... collection , on which you say he chiefly rested , is not poetry . ' BoswELL : ' Does not Gray's poetry , sir , tower above the common mark ? ' JOHN- SON : Yes , sir ; but we must attend to the difference between what men in general ...
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