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... acquainted at St. John's Gate ; and that person was no other than the well - known Richard Savage , whose life was af- terwards written by Johnson , with great ele- and , accordingly , in March , 1737 , they arrived | pleted : a like ...
... acquainted at St. John's Gate ; and that person was no other than the well - known Richard Savage , whose life was af- terwards written by Johnson , with great ele- and , accordingly , in March , 1737 , they arrived | pleted : a like ...
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... acquaintance cannot now be known . The am- bition of excelling in conversation , and that pride of victory , which , at times , disgraced a man of Johnson's genius , were , perhaps , native blemishes . A fierce spirit of independence ...
... acquaintance cannot now be known . The am- bition of excelling in conversation , and that pride of victory , which , at times , disgraced a man of Johnson's genius , were , perhaps , native blemishes . A fierce spirit of independence ...
Page xiv
... acquainted with Dr. John- continue it . When I had once addressed your son . The cause of his first visit is related by Lordship in public , I had exhausted all the art Mrs. Piozzi nearly in the following manner : of pleasing , which a ...
... acquainted with Dr. John- continue it . When I had once addressed your son . The cause of his first visit is related by Lordship in public , I had exhausted all the art Mrs. Piozzi nearly in the following manner : of pleasing , which a ...
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... acquaintance , intended ? He fell into a profound meditation , and a thorough knowledge of the virtues and and his own definition of a pensioner occurred amiable qualities of that excellent artist . He to him . He was told , " That he ...
... acquaintance , intended ? He fell into a profound meditation , and a thorough knowledge of the virtues and and his own definition of a pensioner occurred amiable qualities of that excellent artist . He to him . He was told , " That he ...
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... acquaintance with this excellent man , and an attentive retrospect to his whole conduct , such is the light in which he appears to the writer of this essay . The following lines of Horace may be deemed his picture in mi- niature ...
... acquaintance with this excellent man , and an attentive retrospect to his whole conduct , such is the light in which he appears to the writer of this essay . The following lines of Horace may be deemed his picture in mi- niature ...
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