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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 25
by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1813
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...for what reafon I know not that he told. He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works; but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...for what reafon I know not that he told. He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects. in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works ; but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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Prefaces,Biographical and Critical to the Works of the English Poets

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pages
...what reafon I know not that he told. r • He now (about 1 744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works; but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...for what reafon I know not that he told. He now (about 1744.) came to London 3, literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works j but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceflity...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...for what reafon I know not that he told. He now (about 1 744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works ; but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...for what reafon I know not that he told. He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works; but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ...

1795 - 420 pages
...Engiifh language. About 1744 he fuddenly left the umveriity. ad came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works; but his great fault was irref ilution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ...

1795 - 420 pages
...Englnh language. About I744.hefuddenly left the univeriity, ad tame to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket. He defigned many works; but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pages
...degree, and then fuddenly left the univerfity. He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very• little money in his pocket. He deiigned many works, but his great fault was irrefolution, or the frequent calls of immediate neceffity...
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The Poetical Works of William Collins,: Enriched with Elegant Engravings ...

William Collins - 1798 - 226 pages
...for what reason I know not that he told. He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money...many works; but his great fault was irresolution, or the frequent calls of immediate necessity broke his schemes, and suffered him to pursue no settled...
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