The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1G. Bayntun, 1925 - 1172 pages |
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Page xii
... hope with too many or needless notes . I have divided the book into chapters and have added a chronological table of events in Johnson's life . Malone's own notes and those of other early annotators that are printed in his edition , I ...
... hope with too many or needless notes . I have divided the book into chapters and have added a chronological table of events in Johnson's life . Malone's own notes and those of other early annotators that are printed in his edition , I ...
Page xiii
... hope , however , that " they will not only talk , but think Johnson has yet to be realized , although his hero may now be regarded as nothing less than a National Institution . Mr. John Bailey discusses Johnson in this light in his ...
... hope , however , that " they will not only talk , but think Johnson has yet to be realized , although his hero may now be regarded as nothing less than a National Institution . Mr. John Bailey discusses Johnson in this light in his ...
Page xiv
... hope of saving the house in Gough Square from a fate similar to that which had befallen other houses identified with Johnson . This last remaining one certainly bore on its walls a tablet commemorating the name of its illustrious ...
... hope of saving the house in Gough Square from a fate similar to that which had befallen other houses identified with Johnson . This last remaining one certainly bore on its walls a tablet commemorating the name of its illustrious ...
Page xxxvi
... hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : — " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
... hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : — " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you ...
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... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We ...
... hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We ...
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