Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 2H. Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... Collections ; and various other small pieces ; but being a very modest man , never put his name to anything . He shewed 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 shewed 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 maintained , 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 think Dodsley gave ...
... Collection , and maintained , 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 think Dodsley gave ...
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... collected . Davies said they would not sell . Dr. Johnson seemed to think otherwise . Davies said of ' a well - known dramatick authour , that he lived upon potted stories , and that he made his way as Han- nibal did , by vinegar ...
... collected . Davies said they would not sell . Dr. Johnson seemed to think otherwise . Davies said of ' a well - known dramatick authour , that he lived upon potted stories , and that he made his way as Han- nibal did , by vinegar ...
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... Nathaniel Thomas , whose worth and in- genuity have been long known to a respectable , though not a wide circle ; and whose collection of medals would do credit to persons of greater opulence . 68 A METHOD IN LIFE [ 1776 into the country.
... Nathaniel Thomas , whose worth and in- genuity have been long known to a respectable , though not a wide circle ; and whose collection of medals would do credit to persons of greater opulence . 68 A METHOD IN LIFE [ 1776 into the country.
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... collection of them . He trans- mitted the manuscript to Mr. Strahan , the printer , who after keeping it for some time , wrote a letter to him , discouraging the publication . Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most ...
... collection of them . He trans- mitted the manuscript to Mr. Strahan , the printer , who after keeping it for some time , wrote a letter to him , discouraging the publication . Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most ...
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