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... London and to London Johnson went in 1737. He was , as he said , ' an adventurer in literature ' and he brought one of his pupils , David Garrick , with him : The two fellow - travellers had the world before them , and each was to chuse ...
... London and to London Johnson went in 1737. He was , as he said , ' an adventurer in literature ' and he brought one of his pupils , David Garrick , with him : The two fellow - travellers had the world before them , and each was to chuse ...
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... London of those whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black , a courtier white ? Had he not defined pension in his Dictionary as ' pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country ' ? Conscious of all this , Johnson ...
... London of those whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black , a courtier white ? Had he not defined pension in his Dictionary as ' pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country ' ? Conscious of all this , Johnson ...
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Sydney Castle Roberts. LONDON : A POEM ( 1738 ) . Edited by T. S. Eliot , 1930 . MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE ( 1739 ) . A COMPLEAT VINDICATION OF THE LICENSERS OF THE STAGE ( 1739 ) . LIFE OF MR . RICHARD SAVAGE ( 1744 ) ... LONDON: A POEM (1738). ...
Sydney Castle Roberts. LONDON : A POEM ( 1738 ) . Edited by T. S. Eliot , 1930 . MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE ( 1739 ) . A COMPLEAT VINDICATION OF THE LICENSERS OF THE STAGE ( 1739 ) . LIFE OF MR . RICHARD SAVAGE ( 1744 ) ... LONDON: A POEM (1738). ...
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