Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1960 - 1491 páginas |
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... doubt , that he might be qualified as a raconteur of renown , and partly to train himself in accuracy of statement . The manu- script of this collection , covering the period to 1785 , oddly entitled Boswelliana , has survived in a ...
... doubt , that he might be qualified as a raconteur of renown , and partly to train himself in accuracy of statement . The manu- script of this collection , covering the period to 1785 , oddly entitled Boswelliana , has survived in a ...
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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 , 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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