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... manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I neglected to ascertain with precision , from Johnson's own authority . He has marked upon his corrected copy of the first edition of it , " Written in 1738 ; " and , as it was published ...
... manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I neglected to ascertain with precision , from Johnson's own authority . He has marked upon his corrected copy of the first edition of it , " Written in 1738 ; " and , as it was published ...
Page 329
... manner , with a sonorous voice , and never in that subdued tone which is com- monly used at the levee and in the drawing room . After the King withdrew , Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation , and ...
... manner , with a sonorous voice , and never in that subdued tone which is com- monly used at the levee and in the drawing room . After the King withdrew , Johnson shewed himself highly pleased with his Majesty's conversation , and ...
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... manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his ...
... manner ; but his arguments preponderated so much in favour of the benefit which a boy of good parts might receive at one of them , that I have reason to believe Mr. Murray was very much influenced by what he had heard to - day , in his ...
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