Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 11
... called Johnson from her table to the help of his friend . She says only that it was near the beginning of her acquaintance with Johnson , and certainly not later than 1766. Her accuracy is therefore completely vindicated . It was ...
... called Johnson from her table to the help of his friend . She says only that it was near the beginning of her acquaintance with Johnson , and certainly not later than 1766. Her accuracy is therefore completely vindicated . It was ...
Page 17
... called The Royal Progress ' was the arrival of the king , and not his accession , which took place near two months before his arrival . ยท The editor's want of perspicacity is indeed very amusing . He is perpetually telling us that he ...
... called The Royal Progress ' was the arrival of the king , and not his accession , which took place near two months before his arrival . ยท The editor's want of perspicacity is indeed very amusing . He is perpetually telling us that he ...
Page 18
... called Senilia , in which he shows so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . ' Hereupon we have this note : The editor does not understand this objection , nor the following observation . ' The follow- ing ...
... called Senilia , in which he shows so little learning or taste in writing , as to make Carteret a dactyl . ' Hereupon we have this note : The editor does not understand this objection , nor the following observation . ' The follow- ing ...
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... called him an author generated by the corruption of a bookseller . ' This is a very obvious , and even a commonplace allusion to the famous dogma of the old physiologists . Dryden made a similar allusion to that dogma before Johnson was ...
... called him an author generated by the corruption of a bookseller . ' This is a very obvious , and even a commonplace allusion to the famous dogma of the old physiologists . Dryden made a similar allusion to that dogma before Johnson was ...
Page 21
... called a man who never made a bad figure but as an author . ' 3 One or two of these solecisms should perhaps be attributed to the printer , who has certainly done his best to fill both the text and the notes with all sorts of blunders ...
... called a man who never made a bad figure but as an author . ' 3 One or two of these solecisms should perhaps be attributed to the printer , who has certainly done his best to fill both the text and the notes with all sorts of blunders ...
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