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" Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts which she had left. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson - Stran 300
avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1816
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Količina 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 strani
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...since read it over\ Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dodsley purchased it for a hundred pounds', but afterwards paid him twenty-five pounds more, when it...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 strani
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...since read it over. Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dodsley purchased it for a hundred pounds, but afterwards paid him twenty-five pounds more, when it...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Količina 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 strani
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...read it over'. Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dodsley purchased it for a hundred pounds', but afterwards paid him twenty-five pounds more, when it...
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The Port Folio

Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1820 - 540 strani
...her funeral, he wrote his romance of " Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." According to his own account, he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and never re-perused it when finished. It is, however, one of his most splendid performances, elegant in...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Količina 33

British essayists - 1802 - 220 strani
...funeral, and of paying some small debts she left. The cause gave inspiration and vigour to his pen. He told Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS that he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to press as it was written, and had never since read it over. Such a fact must raise our admiration of...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 strani
...that he received for the copy lool. and 25l. more when it came to a second edition ; that he wrote it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press...it was written, and had never since read it over. Hitherto, notwithstanding his various publications, he was poor, and obliged to provide by his labour...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Količina 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 strani
...her funeral, he wrote his romance of " Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia." According to his own account, he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and never re-perused it when finished. It is, however, one of his most splendid performances, elegant in...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 strani
...little debts which he had contracted. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he composed it in the CTCHings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it -vas written, and had never since read it over. He received for the copy 1001. ; and 251. when it came...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Količina 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 strani
...expence of his mother's funeral, and pay 1g^ some little debts which she had left. He told Sir 50.' Joshua Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week, 9 sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and had never since read it over.' Mr. Strahan,...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 strani
...profits he might defray the expence of her funeral, and pay some little debts which he had contracted. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds that he composed it in...it was written, and had never since read it over. He received for the copy L. 100; and L. 25 when it came to a second edition. The applause with which...
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