The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... wrote Latin verses . His figure and man- ner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus ...
... wrote Latin verses . His figure and man- ner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus ...
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... wrote . Mr. Hector carried the sheets to the press , and corrected almost all the proof sheets , very few of which were ever seen by Johnson . In this manner , with the aid of Mr. Hec- tor's active friendship , the book was completed ...
... wrote . Mr. Hector carried the sheets to the press , and corrected almost all the proof sheets , very few of which were ever seen by Johnson . In this manner , with the aid of Mr. Hec- tor's active friendship , the book was completed ...
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... wrote any thing except a great part of his tragedy of " Irene . " Mr. Peter Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he remembered Johnson's borrow- ing the Turkish History of him , in order to form his play from it . When he ...
... wrote any thing except a great part of his tragedy of " Irene . " Mr. Peter Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he remembered Johnson's borrow- ing the Turkish History of him , in order to form his play from it . When he ...
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... wrote some things for him ; but I ima- gine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it , and I am pretty sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . 66 He had a little ...
... wrote some things for him ; but I ima- gine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it , and I am pretty sure he told me that Mr. Cave was the first publisher by whom his pen was engaged in London . 66 He had a little ...
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... wrote the preface to the volume , which , though prefixed to it when bound , is always published with the appendix , and is , therefore , the last composition belonging to it . The ability and nice adaptation with which he could draw up ...
... wrote the preface to the volume , which , though prefixed to it when bound , is always published with the appendix , and is , therefore , the last composition belonging to it . The ability and nice adaptation with which he could draw up ...
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