Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 55
... poem and a famous book ... On an undated Wednesday in April , 1738 , Johnson ad- dressed the following letter to Mr. Cave : " When I took the liberty of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure ...
... poem and a famous book ... On an undated Wednesday in April , 1738 , Johnson ad- dressed the following letter to Mr. Cave : " When I took the liberty of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure ...
Page 335
... poem closes , Hous- man is full of lads who did both . The following stanzas from Reveille , a poem that contains Housman's basic line and stanza structure , provide the coun- terpoint to Johnson's lines : Up , lad , up , ' tis late for ...
... poem closes , Hous- man is full of lads who did both . The following stanzas from Reveille , a poem that contains Housman's basic line and stanza structure , provide the coun- terpoint to Johnson's lines : Up , lad , up , ' tis late for ...
Page 344
... Poem , 8 ; Johnson writes Mr. Cave about , 55 ; is published , 55 f .; passage quoted , 56 London Journal , Boswell's , 2 Loudon , Earl of , Boswell and Johnson dine with , 234 Macaulay , Lord , Johnson attacks grand- nephew of , 223 ...
... Poem , 8 ; Johnson writes Mr. Cave about , 55 ; is published , 55 f .; passage quoted , 56 London Journal , Boswell's , 2 Loudon , Earl of , Boswell and Johnson dine with , 234 Macaulay , Lord , Johnson attacks grand- nephew of , 223 ...
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