The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 oldal |
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... formed man , but he poffeffes neither ani mation nor correctnefs , expanfion of in- tellect , nor elegance of tafte . He writes without much feeling or fentiment ; his work is heavy , cold , and prolix ; but we discover in it many ...
... formed man , but he poffeffes neither ani mation nor correctnefs , expanfion of in- tellect , nor elegance of tafte . He writes without much feeling or fentiment ; his work is heavy , cold , and prolix ; but we discover in it many ...
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... forming the history of his life ; which was published in 2 vols . 4to , 1791 , and was received by the world with most extraordinary avidity , Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates may poffibly have fuggefted to Mr. Bofwell the idea of ...
... forming the history of his life ; which was published in 2 vols . 4to , 1791 , and was received by the world with most extraordinary avidity , Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates may poffibly have fuggefted to Mr. Bofwell the idea of ...
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... formed of the letters of their real names , so that they might be easily decyphered . Parliament then kept the prefs in a kind of myfteri- ous awe , which made it neceffary to have recourse to fuch devices . The debates for fome time ...
... formed of the letters of their real names , so that they might be easily decyphered . Parliament then kept the prefs in a kind of myfteri- ous awe , which made it neceffary to have recourse to fuch devices . The debates for fome time ...
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... formed in the course of his ftudies ; but fuch was his want of encouragement , or the verfatility of his temper , that not one of all his schemes was ever executed . A new edition of Shakspeare now oc- curred to him , and , as a prelude ...
... formed in the course of his ftudies ; but fuch was his want of encouragement , or the verfatility of his temper , that not one of all his schemes was ever executed . A new edition of Shakspeare now oc- curred to him , and , as a prelude ...
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... formed and digested the plan of his great philological work , which might then be esteemed one of the defiderata of English literature , he communicated it to the public , in 1747 , in a pamphlet intitu- led , The Plan of a Dictionary ...
... formed and digested the plan of his great philological work , which might then be esteemed one of the defiderata of English literature , he communicated it to the public , in 1747 , in a pamphlet intitu- led , The Plan of a Dictionary ...
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