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... says Dr. J. " that a paper should consist of pieces of imagination , pictures of life , and disquisitions of litera- ture . The part which depends on the imagination is very well supplied , as you will find when you read the paper ; for ...
... says Dr. J. " that a paper should consist of pieces of imagination , pictures of life , and disquisitions of litera- ture . The part which depends on the imagination is very well supplied , as you will find when you read the paper ; for ...
Página viii
... say , of high living ; others , of chagrin , from the ill reception of his Narrative ; for he was a man of the keenest sensibility , and obnoxious to all the evils of such irritable natures . " Then follows a copy of the in- scription ...
... say , of high living ; others , of chagrin , from the ill reception of his Narrative ; for he was a man of the keenest sensibility , and obnoxious to all the evils of such irritable natures . " Then follows a copy of the in- scription ...
Página viii
... says nothing of prose . • In 1752-3-4 , he was concerned with Drs . JOHNSON , BATHURST , and WARTON , in the ADVENTURER , and from the merit of his papers acquired much reputation and many friends . At this time , his wife kept a school ...
... says nothing of prose . • In 1752-3-4 , he was concerned with Drs . JOHNSON , BATHURST , and WARTON , in the ADVENTURER , and from the merit of his papers acquired much reputation and many friends . At this time , his wife kept a school ...
Página xii
... say this whenever opportunity offers , especially with re- spect to the political part of the Magazine ; for I never wrote a political pamphlet or paper , or ever directly or indirectly assisted in the writing of either in my life ...
... say this whenever opportunity offers , especially with re- spect to the political part of the Magazine ; for I never wrote a political pamphlet or paper , or ever directly or indirectly assisted in the writing of either in my life ...
Página xx
... say he approached the nearest to Dr. JOHNSON of any writer of his time . Mr. Bos- WELL informs us , that he had " the provoking effron- tery " to say he was not sensible of this : he probably meant that he was not sensible he affected ...
... say he approached the nearest to Dr. JOHNSON of any writer of his time . Mr. Bos- WELL informs us , that he had " the provoking effron- tery " to say he was not sensible of this : he probably meant that he was not sensible he affected ...
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