The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... the eighteenth century , ' I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind . LONDON , April 20 , 1791 . 1 See Mr. Malone's Preface to his edition of Shakespeare 19 1 J THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write.
... the eighteenth century , ' I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind . LONDON , April 20 , 1791 . 1 See Mr. Malone's Preface to his edition of Shakespeare 19 1 J THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write.
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James Boswell. J THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled ...
James Boswell. J THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled ...
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... writing . Since my work was announced several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most ... writer who has greatly injured him . Let me add , that though I doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir ...
... writing . Since my work was announced several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most ... writer who has greatly injured him . Let me add , that though I doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir ...
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James Boswell. subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers ... writing any man's life , than not only relating all the most important events of it , in their order , but ...
James Boswell. subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers ... writing any man's life , than not only relating all the most important events of it , in their order , but ...
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... write , not his panegyric , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which great and good as he was , must not be ... writes from personal knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is danger lest his interest ...
... write , not his panegyric , which must be all praise , but his Life ; which great and good as he was , must not be ... writes from personal knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity , there is danger lest his interest ...
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