Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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Stran xvii
... writing it . My numerous extracts from the eleven volumes of his collected works will , I trust , not only give a truer insight into the nature of the man , but also will show the greatness of the author to a generation of readers who ...
... writing it . My numerous extracts from the eleven volumes of his collected works will , I trust , not only give a truer insight into the nature of the man , but also will show the greatness of the author to a generation of readers who ...
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... writing of Macaulay's criticism , he says : ' The attack defeated itself by its very violence , and therefore it did the book no harm what- ever . Between forty and fifty thousand copies have been sold ,. although Macaulay boasted with ...
... writing of Macaulay's criticism , he says : ' The attack defeated itself by its very violence , and therefore it did the book no harm what- ever . Between forty and fifty thousand copies have been sold ,. although Macaulay boasted with ...
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... writing agreeably . The Lord Chancellor [ Thurlow ] told me he had read every word of my Hebridian Journal ; ' he could not help it ; adding , ' could you give a rule how to write a book that a man must read ? I believe Lon- ginus could ...
... writing agreeably . The Lord Chancellor [ Thurlow ] told me he had read every word of my Hebridian Journal ; ' he could not help it ; adding , ' could you give a rule how to write a book that a man must read ? I believe Lon- ginus could ...
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... writing to Temple in 1775 , says : - ' I try to keep a journal , and shall shew you that I have done tolerably ; but it is hardly credible what ground I go over , and what a variety of men and manners I con- template in a day ; and all ...
... writing to Temple in 1775 , says : - ' I try to keep a journal , and shall shew you that I have done tolerably ; but it is hardly credible what ground I go over , and what a variety of men and manners I con- template in a day ; and all ...
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... Writing to Temple Malone and I made ready for the in 1789 , he said : -Johnson taught press thirty pages of Johnson's Life ; cross - question in common life . ' he is much pleased with it ; but I Letters of Boswell , p . 280. His quo ...
... Writing to Temple Malone and I made ready for the in 1789 , he said : -Johnson taught press thirty pages of Johnson's Life ; cross - question in common life . ' he is much pleased with it ; but I Letters of Boswell , p . 280. His quo ...
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