Samuel JohnsonLongmans, Green, 1955 - 171 pages |
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... regarded the belief in purgatory , or a ' middle state , ' as harmless and reasonable . In 1770 he wrote : ' When I recollect the time in which we lived together , my grief for her departure is not abated , and I have less pleasure in ...
... regarded the belief in purgatory , or a ' middle state , ' as harmless and reasonable . In 1770 he wrote : ' When I recollect the time in which we lived together , my grief for her departure is not abated , and I have less pleasure in ...
Page 109
... regarded in their true proportion . ' The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted , varied with shades , and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest , in which ...
... regarded in their true proportion . ' The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted , varied with shades , and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest , in which ...
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... regarded his approaching dissolution . He lamented his life - long indolence and talked of secret transgressions ; he owned that though he had written as a philosopher , he had not lived like one ; he argued that every man must regard ...
... regarded his approaching dissolution . He lamented his life - long indolence and talked of secret transgressions ; he owned that though he had written as a philosopher , he had not lived like one ; he argued that every man must regard ...
Contents
BOSWELL AND THE Life | 1 |
JOHNSONS EARLY YEARS | 9 |
LICHFIELD TO LONDON 2 I | 21 |
Copyright | |
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