Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... praising Shenstone's poems very much , and who had an Italian greyhound lying by the fire , he said , ' Shenstone holds amongst poets the same rank your dog holds amongst dogs ; he has not the sagacity of the hound , the docility of the ...
... praising Shenstone's poems very much , and who had an Italian greyhound lying by the fire , he said , ' Shenstone holds amongst poets the same rank your dog holds amongst dogs ; he has not the sagacity of the hound , the docility of the ...
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... praise nor money , the two powerful corrupters of mankind , seem to have depraved her . ' Letters , ii . 345. ' Being asked if he could not wish to compose a part in a new tragedy to display her powers , he replied , " Mrs. Siddons ...
... praise nor money , the two powerful corrupters of mankind , seem to have depraved her . ' Letters , ii . 345. ' Being asked if he could not wish to compose a part in a new tragedy to display her powers , he replied , " Mrs. Siddons ...
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... praise the clearness and accuracy of your dramatic. It was published in ten volumes ; ' in fifteen months a large edition was nearly sold . ' Unfortunately the type and paper were bad . Prior's Malone , p . 168 . Horace Walpole describes ...
... praise the clearness and accuracy of your dramatic. It was published in ten volumes ; ' in fifteen months a large edition was nearly sold . ' Unfortunately the type and paper were bad . Prior's Malone , p . 168 . Horace Walpole describes ...
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George Birkbeck Norman Hill. I to praise the clearness and accuracy of your dramatic history ; and Windham found fault with you for not taking the profits of so laborious a work . Sir Joshua is pleased , though he would gladly have seen ...
George Birkbeck Norman Hill. I to praise the clearness and accuracy of your dramatic history ; and Windham found fault with you for not taking the profits of so laborious a work . Sir Joshua is pleased , though he would gladly have seen ...
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... praise Macpherson's new history3 , and decry Johnson and Burke . Day humorously gave money to the waiter , to bring him Johnson's Taxation no Tyranny . One of them desired him to save himself the expense , for that he should have it ...
... praise Macpherson's new history3 , and decry Johnson and Burke . Day humorously gave money to the waiter , to bring him Johnson's Taxation no Tyranny . One of them desired him to save himself the expense , for that he should have it ...
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