The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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... composition of the Rambler essays . Boswell talked of Johnson's speed of writing them : " Many of these dis- courses , which we should suppose had been laboured with all the slow attention of literary leisure , were written in haste ...
... composition of the Rambler essays . Boswell talked of Johnson's speed of writing them : " Many of these dis- courses , which we should suppose had been laboured with all the slow attention of literary leisure , were written in haste ...
Page 497
... compositions in which the Lives of emi- nent men are discussed with more acuteness of observation , depth of reflection , felicity of illustration , and vigour of expression . The ... composition , which be contributed I i DR JOHNSON . 497.
... compositions in which the Lives of emi- nent men are discussed with more acuteness of observation , depth of reflection , felicity of illustration , and vigour of expression . The ... composition , which be contributed I i DR JOHNSON . 497.
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Robert Anderson. specimens of this species of composition , which be contributed to the periodical miscellanies , are ... compositions , and the Lives of Browne , Boerhaave , Drake , Fre- derick king of Prussia , and other eminent men ...
Robert Anderson. specimens of this species of composition , which be contributed to the periodical miscellanies , are ... compositions , and the Lives of Browne , Boerhaave , Drake , Fre- derick king of Prussia , and other eminent men ...
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