Boswell's Life of JohnsonScott, Foresman, 1923 - 563 strani |
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... HERBERT VAUGHAN ABBOTT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE , SMITH COLLEGE SCOTT , FORESMAN AND COMPANY CHICAGO ATLANTA LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1923 , BY SCOTT , FORESMAN AND COMPANY PREFACE.
... HERBERT VAUGHAN ABBOTT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE , SMITH COLLEGE SCOTT , FORESMAN AND COMPANY CHICAGO ATLANTA LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1923 , BY SCOTT , FORESMAN AND COMPANY PREFACE.
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... English Dictionary , Preface to the English Dictionary , Preface to Shakespeare ; Prologue on the Opening of the Drury Lane Theater ; London ; the Vanity of Human Wishes ; Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ; Review of a Free ...
... English Dictionary , Preface to the English Dictionary , Preface to Shakespeare ; Prologue on the Opening of the Drury Lane Theater ; London ; the Vanity of Human Wishes ; Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ; Review of a Free ...
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... English Language . But Johnson , himself , was not superlative . What- ever his thought when he first undertook his task , as he toiled over it , he realized that " everything in life is set either above or below our faculties , " that ...
... English Language . But Johnson , himself , was not superlative . What- ever his thought when he first undertook his task , as he toiled over it , he realized that " everything in life is set either above or below our faculties , " that ...
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... injustice , into sympathy with his crime . Unfortunately , English laws did not grow more merciful in Johnson's day . But the administration of the law took a new INTRODUCTION 15 turn . The procession was given up and 14 INTRODUCTION.
... injustice , into sympathy with his crime . Unfortunately , English laws did not grow more merciful in Johnson's day . But the administration of the law took a new INTRODUCTION 15 turn . The procession was given up and 14 INTRODUCTION.
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... English clergyman William Law . " The best way , " he says , " for anyone to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness is to consider , not how much will make his present life easy , but to ask himself how much will make him easy ...
... English clergyman William Law . " The best way , " he says , " for anyone to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness is to consider , not how much will make his present life easy , but to ask himself how much will make him easy ...
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