Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... English Poets , Specimens of Ancient English Prose Writers without end . They used to be called Beauties . You have seen Beauties of Shake- speare ; so have many people that never saw any beauties in Shake- speare . ' Ainger's Letters ...
... English Poets , Specimens of Ancient English Prose Writers without end . They used to be called Beauties . You have seen Beauties of Shake- speare ; so have many people that never saw any beauties in Shake- speare . ' Ainger's Letters ...
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... English in his Traveller , beginning thus : ' Stern o'er each bosom , ' & c . * I'Dr . Johnson observed , that every body commended such parts of his Journey to the Western Islands , as were in their own way . " For in- stance , ( said ...
... English in his Traveller , beginning thus : ' Stern o'er each bosom , ' & c . * I'Dr . Johnson observed , that every body commended such parts of his Journey to the Western Islands , as were in their own way . " For in- stance , ( said ...
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... English book , and that she had observed that the best writers were always the most intelligible . ' [ She was a Frenchwoman . ] Wal- pole's Letters , ii . 202 . an an old friend of his used to say , that 8 Apophthegms , Sentiments.
... English book , and that she had observed that the best writers were always the most intelligible . ' [ She was a Frenchwoman . ] Wal- pole's Letters , ii . 202 . an an old friend of his used to say , that 8 Apophthegms , Sentiments.
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... English , but could not get beyond thirty verses . When a Scotsman was one day talking to him of the great writers of that country that were then existing , he said : ' We have taught that nation to write , and do they pretend to be our ...
... English , but could not get beyond thirty verses . When a Scotsman was one day talking to him of the great writers of that country that were then existing , he said : ' We have taught that nation to write , and do they pretend to be our ...
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... English with the city accent , and coarsely enough . He for some years spent his evenings at a publick house near Old - Street , where many persons went to talk with him ; Johnson was asked whether he ever contradicted Psalmanaazar ...
... English with the city accent , and coarsely enough . He for some years spent his evenings at a publick house near Old - Street , where many persons went to talk with him ; Johnson was asked whether he ever contradicted Psalmanaazar ...
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