Samuel JohnsonLongmans, Green, 1955 - 171 pages |
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... eighteenth century , in its lower branches at least . The advertisement quoted by Goldsmith , even if invented , was none the less typical : ' Wanted an usher to an academy . N.B. He must be able to read , dress hair , and must have had ...
... eighteenth century , in its lower branches at least . The advertisement quoted by Goldsmith , even if invented , was none the less typical : ' Wanted an usher to an academy . N.B. He must be able to read , dress hair , and must have had ...
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... eighteenth century verse was not in general favour , Tennyson spoke with approval of the grave earnestness and high moral tone of Johnson's couplets . In our own century George Saintsbury paid high tribute to the ' magnificent descant ...
... eighteenth century verse was not in general favour , Tennyson spoke with approval of the grave earnestness and high moral tone of Johnson's couplets . In our own century George Saintsbury paid high tribute to the ' magnificent descant ...
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... eighteenth century by Swift and Addison , the masters of what Johnson called ' the middle style ' ; but before the century was half way through it became clear that the pendulum was swinging once again . The plain style in its turn was ...
... eighteenth century by Swift and Addison , the masters of what Johnson called ' the middle style ' ; but before the century was half way through it became clear that the pendulum was swinging once again . The plain style in its turn was ...
Contents
BOSWELL AND THE Life | 1 |
JOHNSONS EARLY YEARS | 9 |
LICHFIELD TO LONDON 2 I | 21 |
Copyright | |
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