Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson, Volum 1Derby & Jackson, 1861 - 635 pàgines |
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Pàgina xvi
... it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes > a а 4 haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is Xvi EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original . If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes > a а 4 haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is Xvi EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Pàgina xxi
... original edition , to which he referred , is contained in one hundred and eighty pages . The ' Life of Pope , ' for the facts it contains — facts first found in Johnson — is certainly the most important of the Lives . It is indeed a ...
... original edition , to which he referred , is contained in one hundred and eighty pages . The ' Life of Pope , ' for the facts it contains — facts first found in Johnson — is certainly the most important of the Lives . It is indeed a ...
Pàgina xxv
... certain roll and balance so characteristic of him . The original MS . of his ' Life of Pope ( now in Mr. Life of Pope . ' 6 Of 6 B Dillon's possession ) fully confirms the statement of his biographer EDITOR'S PREFACE . XXV.
... certain roll and balance so characteristic of him . The original MS . of his ' Life of Pope ( now in Mr. Life of Pope . ' 6 Of 6 B Dillon's possession ) fully confirms the statement of his biographer EDITOR'S PREFACE . XXV.
Pàgina xxvi
... original agreement for the Lives was two hundred guineas ; and for this sum he was to part with the entire copyright . The success of the work , and Johnson's enlargement of the design , induced the booksellers to add one hundred ...
... original agreement for the Lives was two hundred guineas ; and for this sum he was to part with the entire copyright . The success of the work , and Johnson's enlargement of the design , induced the booksellers to add one hundred ...
Pàgina xxx
... original models . While he was thus irregularly educating himself , his family was sinking into hopeless poverty . Old Michael Johnson was much better qualified to pore npon books , and to talk about them , than to trade in them . Ilis ...
... original models . While he was thus irregularly educating himself , his family was sinking into hopeless poverty . Old Michael Johnson was much better qualified to pore npon books , and to talk about them , than to trade in them . Ilis ...
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