Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... give a few instances . Mr. Croker tells us in a note that Derrick , who was master of the ceremonies at Bath , died very poor in 1760.1 We read on ; and , a few pages later , we find Dr. Johnson and Boswell talking of this same Derrick ...
... give a few instances . Mr. Croker tells us in a note that Derrick , who was master of the ceremonies at Bath , died very poor in 1760.1 We read on ; and , a few pages later , we find Dr. Johnson and Boswell talking of this same Derrick ...
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... . Mr. Croker therefore gives us three different state- ments as to her age . Two of the three must be 1 iv . 105 . 4 iv . 271 , 322 . 2 v . 281 . 3 i . 510 . 5 iii . 463 . incorrect . We will not decide between them ; we.
... . Mr. Croker therefore gives us three different state- ments as to her age . Two of the three must be 1 iv . 105 . 4 iv . 271 , 322 . 2 v . 281 . 3 i . 510 . 5 iii . 463 . incorrect . We will not decide between them ; we.
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... gives for thinking that Mrs. Thrale was exactly thirty - five years old when Johnson was seventy , appear to us utterly frivolous . Again , Mr. Croker informs his readers that Lord Mansfield survived Johnson full ten years . ' 1 Lord ...
... gives for thinking that Mrs. Thrale was exactly thirty - five years old when Johnson was seventy , appear to us utterly frivolous . Again , Mr. Croker informs his readers that Lord Mansfield survived Johnson full ten years . ' 1 Lord ...
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... give occasion to some jokes about the probability of his turning Mussulman . If such jokes were made , Johnson , who frequently visited Oxford , was very likely to hear of them . 1 Vol . v . 409 . 2 This paragraph has been altered ; and ...
... give occasion to some jokes about the probability of his turning Mussulman . If such jokes were made , Johnson , who frequently visited Oxford , was very likely to hear of them . 1 Vol . v . 409 . 2 This paragraph has been altered ; and ...
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... give the bare names as they are . But in poetry and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . ' If Mr. Croker had told Johnson that this was unintelligible , the doctor would probably have ...
... give the bare names as they are . But in poetry and in prose of any elegance in the writing , they require to have inflection given to them . ' If Mr. Croker had told Johnson that this was unintelligible , the doctor would probably have ...
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