The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 24
... literary task he repeatedly postponed beginning it . He said that he would like to make a translation into English of a book about the travels in Abyssinia of a Portuguese Jesuit which he had read , in French , at Oxford . Yet when he ...
... literary task he repeatedly postponed beginning it . He said that he would like to make a translation into English of a book about the travels in Abyssinia of a Portuguese Jesuit which he had read , in French , at Oxford . Yet when he ...
Page 143
... literary and sportive ' , had decided that he was ' a little blackguard pimping dog ' . Johnson , however , had a ' great kindness for Derrick ' , even claiming to have respect for his merits as a writer , a literary judgement he later ...
... literary and sportive ' , had decided that he was ' a little blackguard pimping dog ' . Johnson , however , had a ' great kindness for Derrick ' , even claiming to have respect for his merits as a writer , a literary judgement he later ...
Page 359
... Literary Magazine or Universal Review , 24 , 106 ; London Chronicle , 106 , 332 ; London Magazine , 39 ; Preceptor , 71 ; Public Advertiser , 112 ; Public Ledger , 135 ; Spectator , 75 , 78 ; Tatler , 75 , 78 ; Universal Chronicle or ...
... Literary Magazine or Universal Review , 24 , 106 ; London Chronicle , 106 , 332 ; London Magazine , 39 ; Preceptor , 71 ; Public Advertiser , 112 ; Public Ledger , 135 ; Spectator , 75 , 78 ; Tatler , 75 , 78 ; Universal Chronicle or ...
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