 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 páginas
...left, Johnson wrote his next great work, " Rasselas," which was published in March or April, 1759. He composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and never looked into it again until many years afterwards, when he found it accidentally in a chaise,... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 páginas
...left, Johnson wrote his next great work, " Rasselas,'' which was published in March or April, 1759. He composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and never looked into it again until many years afterwards, when he found it accidentally in a chaise,... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 páginas
...profound performance, Boswell says : " Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to press in portions, as it was written, and had never since read it over. Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston,... | |
 | 1877 - 814 páginas
...wrote for the express purpose of defraying the expense of her funeral. He toid Sir Joshua f£eynolds that he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent...it was written, and had never since read it over. He received for the copy £100, and £25, when it came to a second edition. Eulogy on a work which... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 páginas
...the printer, told me that Johnson wrote "Rasselas," that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...it was written, and had never since read it over. — Boswell. He said, " Idleness is a disease which must be combated ; but I would not advise a rigid... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 páginas
...the printer, told me that Johnson wrote "Rasselas," that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...portions as it was written, and had never since read it over.—Boswell. He said," Idleness is a disease which must be combated; but I would not advise a rigid... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 páginas
...Strahan, the printer, told me that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts which she had left. lie told Sif Joshua Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week ; sent it to the press... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 páginas
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...the evenings of one week/ sent it to the press in God, merciful Father, in whose hands are life and death, sanctify unto me the sorrow which I now feel.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 páginas
...Strahan, the printer, told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...she had left. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he had composed it in the evenings of one week,2 sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 páginas
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...portions as it was written, and had never since read it over3. Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dodsley purchased it for a hundred pounds3, but afterwards... | |
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Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts which she had left. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week ; sent it to the press in portions... 
