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... formed Verbs , that is , went through the same person in all the Moods and Tenses . This was very difficult to me ... forming verbs , I said , " I did not form them in an ugly shape . " " You could not , " said she , “ speak plain ; and ...
... formed Verbs , that is , went through the same person in all the Moods and Tenses . This was very difficult to me ... forming verbs , I said , " I did not form them in an ugly shape . " " You could not , " said she , “ speak plain ; and ...
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... formed his style upon Sandys's View of the State of Religion in the Western parts of the World . The style of Johnson was , undoubtedly , much formed upon that of the great writers in the last century , Hooker , Bacon , Sanderson ...
... formed his style upon Sandys's View of the State of Religion in the Western parts of the World . The style of Johnson was , undoubtedly , much formed upon that of the great writers in the last century , Hooker , Bacon , Sanderson ...
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... formed when he lived in their neigh- bourhood . Northcote ( Life of Rey- nolds , i . 69 ) says that the Cotterells lived ' opposite to Reynolds's , ' but his account seems based on a misunder- standing of Boswell . < Baretti claims to ...
... formed when he lived in their neigh- bourhood . Northcote ( Life of Rey- nolds , i . 69 ) says that the Cotterells lived ' opposite to Reynolds's , ' but his account seems based on a misunder- standing of Boswell . < Baretti claims to ...
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DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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