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As to his being an authour , I have not looked at his poetry ; but his prose is poor stuff . He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his amanuensis . He has such parts as the valet might have ...
As to his being an authour , I have not looked at his poetry ; but his prose is poor stuff . He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his amanuensis . He has such parts as the valet might have ...
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For my part , I should be proud to be known as an authour , and I have an ardent ambition for literary fame ; for , of all possessions , I should imagine literary fame to be the most valuable . A man who has been able to furnish a book ...
For my part , I should be proud to be known as an authour , and I have an ardent ambition for literary fame ; for , of all possessions , I should imagine literary fame to be the most valuable . A man who has been able to furnish a book ...
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“ There seems ( said he , ) to be in authours a stronger right of property than that by occupancy ... For the general good of the world , therefore , whatever valuable work has once been created by an authour , and issued out by him ...
“ There seems ( said he , ) to be in authours a stronger right of property than that by occupancy ... For the general good of the world , therefore , whatever valuable work has once been created by an authour , and issued out by him ...
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| Título | Life of Johnson |
| Autor | James Boswell |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 1960 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 17 Mayo 2010 |
| Largo | 1491 páginas |
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