Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . " BosWELL . " Such as Carte's History ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . When a man writes from his own mind , he ...
... write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . " BosWELL . " Such as Carte's History ? " JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir . When a man writes from his own mind , he ...
Page 264
... Write to me soon , and write often , and tell me all your honest heart . I am , Sir , yours affec- tionately . Aug. 30 , 1775 TO THE SAME SAM . JOHNSON MY DEAR SIR , I now write to you , lest in some of your freaks and humours you ...
... Write to me soon , and write often , and tell me all your honest heart . I am , Sir , yours affec- tionately . Aug. 30 , 1775 TO THE SAME SAM . JOHNSON MY DEAR SIR , I now write to you , lest in some of your freaks and humours you ...
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JAMES BOSWELL. dered to find so much good writing employed in them , when the authors were to remain un- known , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , those who write in them , write well , in order to be ...
JAMES BOSWELL. dered to find so much good writing employed in them , when the authors were to remain un- known , and so could not have the motive of fame . JOHNSON . " Nay , Sir , those who write in them , write well , in order to be ...
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