Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... excellent , could yield , was courted as a " relief . " It has been generally said , I know not with what truth , that Johnson offered his " London " to several booksellers , none of whom would purchase it . To this circumstance Mr ...
... excellent , could yield , was courted as a " relief . " It has been generally said , I know not with what truth , that Johnson offered his " London " to several booksellers , none of whom would purchase it . To this circumstance Mr ...
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... excellent , and there are in it such proofs of a knowledge 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 - ninth year , and had ...
... excellent , and there are in it such proofs of a knowledge 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 - ninth year , and had ...
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James Boswell. PLAN OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY however , had bestowed much thought unexceptionally excellent ; it. A horror at life in general is more con- sonant with Johnson's habitual gloomy cast of thought . I have heard him repeat ...
James Boswell. PLAN OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY however , had bestowed much thought unexceptionally excellent ; it. A horror at life in general is more con- sonant with Johnson's habitual gloomy cast of thought . I have heard him repeat ...
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James Boswell. however , had bestowed much thought unexceptionally excellent ; it being alto- PREPARATION FOR THE WORK supplied by him . Peyton ,. upon the subject , before he published his " Plan , " is evident from the enlarged , clear ...
James Boswell. however , had bestowed much thought unexceptionally excellent ; it being alto- PREPARATION FOR THE WORK supplied by him . Peyton ,. upon the subject , before he published his " Plan , " is evident from the enlarged , clear ...
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... excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have mentioned upon 1 The Bishop also said that it was composed in a single night , after ...
... excellent , appear to have been very small in the last reign , compared with what a publication of the same size has since been known to yield . I have mentioned upon 1 The Bishop also said that it was composed in a single night , after ...
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