The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His WorksJ. & A. Arch, 1795 - 307 oldal |
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... 1749 , he published The Va- nity of Human Wishes , being the tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated , with his name . Of this poem , he composed seventy lines in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till [ 79 ]
... 1749 , he published The Va- nity of Human Wishes , being the tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated , with his name . Of this poem , he composed seventy lines in one day , without putting one of them upon paper till [ 79 ]
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... wishes , is not known . Dr. Adams was present the first night of the representation , and gave Mr. Bofwell the following account : " Before the cur- tain drew up , there were catcalls whistling , which alarmed Johnson's friends . The ...
... wishes , is not known . Dr. Adams was present the first night of the representation , and gave Mr. Bofwell the following account : " Before the cur- tain drew up , there were catcalls whistling , which alarmed Johnson's friends . The ...
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... Wishes . If this supposition strips the account of wonder , it invests it with probability , fince a man of his powers of mind and habits of composition , might well write an essay at a fitting , and with- out a blot , when he had ...
... Wishes . If this supposition strips the account of wonder , it invests it with probability , fince a man of his powers of mind and habits of composition , might well write an essay at a fitting , and with- out a blot , when he had ...
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... wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre , that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world con- tending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged , that neither pride nor modesty would fuffer ...
... wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre , that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world con- tending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged , that neither pride nor modesty would fuffer ...
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... wish of his own , in the latter end of 1759 , and returned to his master's fer- vice . In 1760 , he wrote the " Address of the Painters to George III . on his acceffion ; " an " Introduction " to the proceedings of the Committee for ...
... wish of his own , in the latter end of 1759 , and returned to his master's fer- vice . In 1760 , he wrote the " Address of the Painters to George III . on his acceffion ; " an " Introduction " to the proceedings of the Committee for ...
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