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... praise Robert Blair's The Grave for its " just " description of a schoolboy crossing a church yard ( I. 113 ) . 11There is faint praise of two lines from the Essay on Man ( 1 : 200 ) , of a few from the Essay on Criticism ( II : 125 ) ...
... praise Robert Blair's The Grave for its " just " description of a schoolboy crossing a church yard ( I. 113 ) . 11There is faint praise of two lines from the Essay on Man ( 1 : 200 ) , of a few from the Essay on Criticism ( II : 125 ) ...
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... praise of Johnson's works by his contempo- raries . " I wish to publish , " he wrote to Bishop Percy on 8 March , 1784 , " as a regale to him , a neat little volume , The Praises of Dr. Samuel Johnson , by Contemporary Writers , ” a ...
... praise of Johnson's works by his contempo- raries . " I wish to publish , " he wrote to Bishop Percy on 8 March , 1784 , " as a regale to him , a neat little volume , The Praises of Dr. Samuel Johnson , by Contemporary Writers , ” a ...
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... praising one in particular ( No. 32 ) , which roused him " with so noble an idea of human nature " ( p . 17 ) . And , again , among other words of praise , the Rambler " is the best book England has produced for such peo- ple as you and ...
... praising one in particular ( No. 32 ) , which roused him " with so noble an idea of human nature " ( p . 17 ) . And , again , among other words of praise , the Rambler " is the best book England has produced for such peo- ple as you and ...
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Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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