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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 Seiten |
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... Rambler " -Lander's Forgeries - Account of Miss Williams - Close of the " Rambler " -Commencement of Hawkesworth's " Adven- turer - Death of Mrs. Johnson - Account of Robert Levett - Johnson's Friendship with Reynolds - Langton ...
... Rambler " -Lander's Forgeries - Account of Miss Williams - Close of the " Rambler " -Commencement of Hawkesworth's " Adven- turer - Death of Mrs. Johnson - Account of Robert Levett - Johnson's Friendship with Reynolds - Langton ...
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... so great a body of matter . The Chronological List of the works of Dr. Johnson , prepared by Boswell , will be found at the end of the Biography . SAM JOHNS LONDON RASSELLAS SATIRE . THE RAMBLER THE LIFE Introduction.
... so great a body of matter . The Chronological List of the works of Dr. Johnson , prepared by Boswell , will be found at the end of the Biography . SAM JOHNS LONDON RASSELLAS SATIRE . THE RAMBLER THE LIFE Introduction.
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... RAMBLER THE LIFE DICTIONARY ENGLISH OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or ...
... RAMBLER THE LIFE DICTIONARY ENGLISH OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or ...
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... [ Rambler , No. 60. ] What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of ...
... [ Rambler , No. 60. ] What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of ...
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... [ Rambler , No. 60. ] I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minute- ness on some occasions of my detail of Johnson's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of super ...
... [ Rambler , No. 60. ] I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minute- ness on some occasions of my detail of Johnson's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of super ...
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