Johnsoniana: Robert Anderson. Life of Samuel JohnsonGarland Pub., 1974 |
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Page 203
... admiration of the excellencies of his mind , and the virtues of his heart . Some years after the currents of life had driven him to a great distance from Miss Molly Aston , the object of his earliest and most enthusiastic admiration ...
... admiration of the excellencies of his mind , and the virtues of his heart . Some years after the currents of life had driven him to a great distance from Miss Molly Aston , the object of his earliest and most enthusiastic admiration ...
Page 258
may be justly regarded as an admirable addi- tion to the many proofs he has given of his excellence in this species of composition . * He printed , this year , a part of his Shake- speare , " to prove that he was in ... admirable addi- ...
may be justly regarded as an admirable addi- tion to the many proofs he has given of his excellence in this species of composition . * He printed , this year , a part of his Shake- speare , " to prove that he was in ... admirable addi- ...
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... admiration ; one of the books which the reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . " In his derogatory estimate of " Lycidas , " that " surely no man could have fancied that he read it with pleasure , had he not known ...
... admiration ; one of the books which the reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . " In his derogatory estimate of " Lycidas , " that " surely no man could have fancied that he read it with pleasure , had he not known ...
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