The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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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 received many valuable hints from his conversation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . 66 That there should be a suspension of his literary labours during a part of the year 1752 ...
... doubt , they received many valuable hints from his conversation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . 66 That there should be a suspension of his literary labours during a part of the year 1752 ...
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... doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.1 I now felt myself much mortified , and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted . And , in truth ...
... doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.1 I now felt myself much mortified , and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted . And , in truth ...
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List of Illustrations | xiv |
Mr Boswells Advertisements | xx |
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