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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... reason was probably simple . The best of men are beset with prejudices , and Johnson had at least his full share ... reasons are assigned : “ he seems to me , " writes Boswell , “ to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S ...
... reason was probably simple . The best of men are beset with prejudices , and Johnson had at least his full share ... reasons are assigned : “ he seems to me , " writes Boswell , “ to have an unaccountable prejudice against XX EDITOR'S ...
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... reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I have written too much . ” In this payment the ' Life of Savage'is not included : this was an early work , for which he received fifteen guineas . In ...
... reason to complain . The fact is , not that they have paid me too little , but that I have written too much . ” In this payment the ' Life of Savage'is not included : this was an early work , for which he received fifteen guineas . In ...
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... name and a fair estate . That he was a coxcomb and a bore , weak , vain , pushing , curious , garrulous , was obvious to all who were acquainted with him . That he could not reason , that he had no wit , xlviii LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
... name and a fair estate . That he was a coxcomb and a bore , weak , vain , pushing , curious , garrulous , was obvious to all who were acquainted with him . That he could not reason , that he had no wit , xlviii LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON .
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Samuel Johnson. could not reason , that he had no wit , no humour , no eloquence , is apparent from his writings . And yet his writings are read beyond the Mississippi , and under the Southern Cross , and are likely to be read as long as ...
Samuel Johnson. could not reason , that he had no wit , no humour , no eloquence , is apparent from his writings . And yet his writings are read beyond the Mississippi , and under the Southern Cross , and are likely to be read as long as ...
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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother , whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother , whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
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