The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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Pàgina 34
... write no more of them ; " for he would not be accessory to the propagation of falsehood . " And such was the tenderness of his conscience , that a short time before his death he expressed his regret for his having been the author of ...
... write no more of them ; " for he would not be accessory to the propagation of falsehood . " And such was the tenderness of his conscience , that a short time before his death he expressed his regret for his having been the author of ...
Pàgina 42
... write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pretext for delay , that it might be better done , and let Dodsley have his desire . I said to my friend ...
... write it by the time appointed . Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield . I laid hold of this as a pretext for delay , that it might be better done , and let Dodsley have his desire . I said to my friend ...
Pàgina 47
... write successfully for the stage , and never made another attempt in that species of composition . When asked how he ... writes a book , thinks himself wiser or wittier than the rest of mankind ; he supposes that he can instruct or amuse ...
... write successfully for the stage , and never made another attempt in that species of composition . When asked how he ... writes a book , thinks himself wiser or wittier than the rest of mankind ; he supposes that he can instruct or amuse ...
Pàgina 48
... 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 .
... 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 .
Pàgina 61
... write , April 10 , marking his essays with the signature T. , by which most of his papers in that collection are distinguished : those , however , which have that signatnre , and also that of Mysargyrus , were not written by him , but ...
... write , April 10 , marking his essays with the signature T. , by which most of his papers in that collection are distinguished : those , however , which have that signatnre , and also that of Mysargyrus , were not written by him , but ...
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