Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1969 - 1491 páginas |
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... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , your's , & c . , ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
... poem with me for the press , which , as the town empties , we cannot be too quick with . I am , Sir , your's , & c . , ' SAM . JOHNSON . ' To us who have long known the manly force , bold spirit , and masterly versification of this poem ...
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... poem is eminently excellent , and there are in it such proofs of a know- ledge of the world , and of a mature acquaintance with life , as cannot be contemplated without wonder , when we consider that he was then only in his twenty ...
... poem is eminently excellent , and there are in it such proofs of a know- ledge of the world , and of a mature acquaintance with life , as cannot be contemplated without wonder , when we consider that he was then only in his twenty ...
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... poem , did not please him ; 2 for , he exclaimed , ' What could he make of a sugar - cane ? One might as well write the " Parsley - bed , a Poem ; " or " The Cabbage - garden , a Poem . " ' BOSWELL . ' You must then pickle your cabbage ...
... poem , did not please him ; 2 for , he exclaimed , ' What could he make of a sugar - cane ? One might as well write the " Parsley - bed , a Poem ; " or " The Cabbage - garden , a Poem . " ' BOSWELL . ' You must then pickle your cabbage ...
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Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1 |
Advertisement to the Third Edition | 9 |
Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
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