The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... sight , indeed , pre- vented him from enjoying the common sports ; and he once pleas- antly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however 6 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... sight , indeed , pre- vented him from enjoying the common sports ; and he once pleas- antly remarked to me , " how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them . " Lord Chesterfield , however 6 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... remarked by his friend Mr. Hector , but was imperceptibly led into some indulgences which occasioned much distress to his virtuous mind . In Johnson's " Life of Savage , " although it must be allowed that its moral is the reverse of ...
... remarked by his friend Mr. Hector , but was imperceptibly led into some indulgences which occasioned much distress to his virtuous mind . In Johnson's " Life of Savage , " although it must be allowed that its moral is the reverse of ...
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... remarks on Sir T. H.'s ( Sir Thomas Hanmer's ) Edition of Shakspeare . " To which he affixed proposals for a new edition of that poet . As we do not trace anything else published by him during the course of this year , we may conjecture ...
... remarks on Sir T. H.'s ( Sir Thomas Hanmer's ) Edition of Shakspeare . " To which he affixed proposals for a new edition of that poet . As we do not trace anything else published by him during the course of this year , we may conjecture ...
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... Remarks , Observations , & c . , on Shakspeare , if you except some Critical Notes on Macbeth , given as a specimen of a projected edition , and written , as appears , by a man of parts and genius , the rest are absolutely below a ...
... Remarks , Observations , & c . , on Shakspeare , if you except some Critical Notes on Macbeth , given as a specimen of a projected edition , and written , as appears , by a man of parts and genius , the rest are absolutely below a ...
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... which day it closed . This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his , which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere , that a man may write at 66 any time , if he will set himself doggedly to 48 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... which day it closed . This is a strong confirmation of the truth of a remark of his , which I have had occasion to quote elsewhere , that a man may write at 66 any time , if he will set himself doggedly to 48 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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