Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran viii
... less than four years after the authorised biography by Johnson's literary executor , Sir John Hawkins . The second edition followed in 1793. Boswell died in 1795. The third edition was intrusted to Malone , and bears date 1799. Malone ...
... less than four years after the authorised biography by Johnson's literary executor , Sir John Hawkins . The second edition followed in 1793. Boswell died in 1795. The third edition was intrusted to Malone , and bears date 1799. Malone ...
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... less , Boswell is entitled to the praise of a glorious intrepidity . There But what was Boswell's method ? The question is made difficult by the fact that Boswell's enormous success has INTRODUCTION xvii the trouble to go in quest of it ...
... less , Boswell is entitled to the praise of a glorious intrepidity . There But what was Boswell's method ? The question is made difficult by the fact that Boswell's enormous success has INTRODUCTION xvii the trouble to go in quest of it ...
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... less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend Thomas Warton and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent biographer . His contributions to my collection are highly estimable ...
... less . Let me particularly lament the Reverend Thomas Warton and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius and learning , was an excellent biographer . His contributions to my collection are highly estimable ...
Stran xxxvi
... less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English Language . EDM . MALONE . April 8 , 1799 ...
... less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English Language . EDM . MALONE . April 8 , 1799 ...
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... less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the ...
... less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the ...
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