The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... idea of an edition of Poliziano by one Samuel Johnson was received with a blank indifference by the book - buying public of the Midlands , and the idea had to be abandoned . It was during these days of bleak despondency that Edmund ...
... idea of an edition of Poliziano by one Samuel Johnson was received with a blank indifference by the book - buying public of the Midlands , and the idea had to be abandoned . It was during these days of bleak despondency that Edmund ...
Page 80
... idea that it was his to teach in this world and theirs to learn ' , so great were his powers that this was rarely resented . As William Cooke wrote of him , ' his friends generally flattered him with the most profound attention - yet ...
... idea that it was his to teach in this world and theirs to learn ' , so great were his powers that this was rarely resented . As William Cooke wrote of him , ' his friends generally flattered him with the most profound attention - yet ...
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... ideas but ideas of horror - would they were beaten to pieces to pave our streets . ' Now at Oxford on this visit in June 1784 , he acknowledged one evening at supper to John Henderson , a remarkably clever undergraduate at Pembroke ...
... ideas but ideas of horror - would they were beaten to pieces to pave our streets . ' Now at Oxford on this visit in June 1784 , he acknowledged one evening at supper to John Henderson , a remarkably clever undergraduate at Pembroke ...
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