The Life of Samuel Johnson,L.L.D. |
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Page 219
... literary fraud have been detected . The Reverend Dr. Campbell , of St. Andrew's , wrote " An Enquiry into the original of Moral Virtue , " the manuscript of which he sent to Mr. Innes , a clergyman in England , who was his countryman ...
... literary fraud have been detected . The Reverend Dr. Campbell , of St. Andrew's , wrote " An Enquiry into the original of Moral Virtue , " the manuscript of which he sent to Mr. Innes , a clergyman in England , who was his countryman ...
Page 450
... literary reputation alive as long as he himself lived ; and that , let me tell you , is a good deal . " GOLDSMITH . " But I cannot agree that it was so . His literary reputation was dead long before his natural death . I consider an ...
... literary reputation alive as long as he himself lived ; and that , let me tell you , is a good deal . " GOLDSMITH . " But I cannot agree that it was so . His literary reputation was dead long before his natural death . I consider an ...
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... literary attempt , and therefore venture upon the liberty of entreating you to procure from College or University registers , all the dates or other informations which they can supply relating to Ambrose Philips , Broome , and Gray ...
... literary attempt , and therefore venture upon the liberty of entreating you to procure from College or University registers , all the dates or other informations which they can supply relating to Ambrose Philips , Broome , and Gray ...
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