The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence; and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ... |
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... Language , uniform with the above , 2 Vols . Octavo boards .. Series of BRITISH CLASSICS , or Essayists . The Forty - five Volumes complete in Five Vols . Octavo , viz . 0 16 0 1 10 0 SPECTATOR ; the 8 Vols . complete in One beautiful ...
... Language , uniform with the above , 2 Vols . Octavo boards .. Series of BRITISH CLASSICS , or Essayists . The Forty - five Volumes complete in Five Vols . Octavo , viz . 0 16 0 1 10 0 SPECTATOR ; the 8 Vols . complete in One beautiful ...
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... Language , by the Reverend William Shaw . acknowl . 1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce , Bishop of Rochester . acknowl . Additions to the Life and Character of that Prelate ; prefixed to those Works ...
... Language , by the Reverend William Shaw . acknowl . 1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce , Bishop of Rochester . acknowl . Additions to the Life and Character of that Prelate ; prefixed to those Works ...
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... language , would probably have pro- duced something sublime upon the gunpow- der - plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Som- nium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to ...
... language , would probably have pro- duced something sublime upon the gunpow- der - plot . To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Som- nium , containing a common thought ; " that the Muse had come to ...
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... language of translation , being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sen- tence that occurs at the ...
... language of translation , being adapted to the thoughts of another person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . Thus , for instance , taking the first sen- tence that occurs at the ...
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... language , both for sentiment and expression . The nation was then in that ferment against the Court and the * Page 269 . + Sir Joshua Reynolds , from the information of the younger Richardson . But Johnson's juvenile poem was naturally ...
... language , both for sentiment and expression . The nation was then in that ferment against the Court and the * Page 269 . + Sir Joshua Reynolds , from the information of the younger Richardson . But Johnson's juvenile poem was naturally ...
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