Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... poets ; post , May 15 , 1776 . ' Here swells the shelf with Ogilby the great . ' Dunciad , i . 141 . 3 Some young ladies at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to ...
... poets ; post , May 15 , 1776 . ' Here swells the shelf with Ogilby the great . ' Dunciad , i . 141 . 3 Some young ladies at Lichfield having proposed to act The Distressed Mother , Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to ...
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... Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 17313. In that Miscellany Johnson's are ... poem will leave it a question for posterity , whether his or mine be the original . ' Haw- kins , p . 13 . 3 ' A ...
... Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 17313. In that Miscellany Johnson's are ... poem will leave it a question for posterity , whether his or mine be the original . ' Haw- kins , p . 13 . 3 ' A ...
Stran 62
... poem is thus mentioned in the preface The translation of Mr. Pope's Messiah was deliver'd to his Tutor as a College Exercise by Mr. Johnson , a commoner of Pembroke- College in Oxford , and ' tis hoped will be no discredit to the ...
... poem is thus mentioned in the preface The translation of Mr. Pope's Messiah was deliver'd to his Tutor as a College Exercise by Mr. Johnson , a commoner of Pembroke- College in Oxford , and ' tis hoped will be no discredit to the ...
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... poem to an end ; that he read Shaks- peare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ' ; that Horace's Odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before ...
... poem to an end ; that he read Shaks- peare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ' ; that Horace's Odes were the compositions in which he took most delight , and it was long before ...
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... poem to an end , ' and post , April 19 , 1773 and June 15 , 1784. To him might be applied his own de- scription of Barretier : - ' He had a quickness of apprehension and firm- ness of memory which enabled him to read with incredible ...
... poem to an end , ' and post , April 19 , 1773 and June 15 , 1784. To him might be applied his own de- scription of Barretier : - ' He had a quickness of apprehension and firm- ness of memory which enabled him to read with incredible ...
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