Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... language of Mr. Croker . The fact is , that Johnson took his Master's degree in 1754,2 and his Doctor's degree in 1775.8 In the spring of 1776,4 he paid a visit to Oxford , and at this visit a conversation respecting the works on Home ...
... language of Mr. Croker . The fact is , that Johnson took his Master's degree in 1754,2 and his Doctor's degree in 1775.8 In the spring of 1776,4 he paid a visit to Oxford , and at this visit a conversation respecting the works on Home ...
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... ยท The editor's want of perspicacity is indeed very amusing . He is perpetually telling us that he can- not understand something in the text which is as 1 v . 17 . VOL . II . 2 iv . 425 . B 6 6 91 plain as language can make it .
... ยท The editor's want of perspicacity is indeed very amusing . He is perpetually telling us that he can- not understand something in the text which is as 1 v . 17 . VOL . II . 2 iv . 425 . B 6 6 91 plain as language can make it .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. 6 6 91 plain as language can make it . ' Mattaire , ' said Dr. Johnson , wrote Latin verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called Senilia , in which he shows so ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. 6 6 91 plain as language can make it . ' Mattaire , ' said Dr. Johnson , wrote Latin verses from time to time , and published a set in his old age , which he called Senilia , in which he shows so ...
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... language . That a general observation should be pronounced too just , by the very person who admits that it is not univers- ally just , is not a little odd.'3 1 v . 233 . 2 iv . 323 . siii . 228 . A very large proportion of the two ...
... language . That a general observation should be pronounced too just , by the very person who admits that it is not univers- ally just , is not a little odd.'3 1 v . 233 . 2 iv . 323 . siii . 228 . A very large proportion of the two ...
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... language , to observe that really Dr. Johnson was very rude , that he talked more for victory than for truth , that his taste for port wine with capillaire in it was very odd , that Boswell was impertinent , that it was foolish in Mrs ...
... language , to observe that really Dr. Johnson was very rude , that he talked more for victory than for truth , that his taste for port wine with capillaire in it was very odd , that Boswell was impertinent , that it was foolish in Mrs ...
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