The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 38
... later to be described by Thomas Carlyle as ' coarse , irascible , imperious ... proud as the proudest , poor as the poorest ; stoically shut up , silently enduring the incurable ' . In it London is seen as a capital suitably barbaric ...
... later to be described by Thomas Carlyle as ' coarse , irascible , imperious ... proud as the proudest , poor as the poorest ; stoically shut up , silently enduring the incurable ' . In it London is seen as a capital suitably barbaric ...
Page 39
... later numbers they were written by Johnson . He did not attend the debates himself . ' I never had been in the gallery of the House of Commons but once , ' he later explained . ' Cave and the persons employed under him , gained ...
... later numbers they were written by Johnson . He did not attend the debates himself . ' I never had been in the gallery of the House of Commons but once , ' he later explained . ' Cave and the persons employed under him , gained ...
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... later published in Latin , An Historical and Geographic Description of Formosa ... Illustrated with several Cuts , based to some extent upon a Dutch account of Japan but to a considerably larger extent upon his own imagination . The ...
... later published in Latin , An Historical and Geographic Description of Formosa ... Illustrated with several Cuts , based to some extent upon a Dutch account of Japan but to a considerably larger extent upon his own imagination . The ...
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