Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1965 - 1491 páginas |
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... doubt that I can do it in three years . ADAMS . But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their Dictionary . JOHNSON . Sir , thus it is . This is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times ...
... doubt that I can do it in three years . ADAMS . But the French Academy , which consists of forty members , took forty years to compile their Dictionary . JOHNSON . Sir , thus it is . This is the proportion . Let me see ; forty times ...
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... doubt , they re- ceived many valuable hints from his conversation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . That there should be a suspension of his literary labours during a part of the year 1752 ...
... doubt , they re- ceived many valuable hints from his conversation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . That there should be a suspension of his literary labours during a part of the year 1752 ...
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... doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts after- wards proved to be well - founded . He observed , indeed very justly , that ' their loss was an additional reason for their going 1 The phrase ' vexing ...
... doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts after- wards proved to be well - founded . He observed , indeed very justly , that ' their loss was an additional reason for their going 1 The phrase ' vexing ...
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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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