The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 87
... references to her . On the first anniversary of her death he remembered her ' with prayers and tears in the morning ' , and again in the evening , though he was worried , as an Anglican , about the propriety of saying prayers for ...
... references to her . On the first anniversary of her death he remembered her ' with prayers and tears in the morning ' , and again in the evening , though he was worried , as an Anglican , about the propriety of saying prayers for ...
Page 94
... references and political and social asides into what properly should have been an objective work . A dedication , for example , is ' a servile address to a patron ' , a patriot , ' one whose ruling passion is the love of his country ...
... references and political and social asides into what properly should have been an objective work . A dedication , for example , is ' a servile address to a patron ' , a patriot , ' one whose ruling passion is the love of his country ...
Page 95
... references to himself and to his past . All this is delightful to most modern readers , but to some contemporary critics it was intolerable . Needless to say , the most antagonistic criticism came from Scotchmen whom Johnson admitted ...
... references to himself and to his past . All this is delightful to most modern readers , but to some contemporary critics it was intolerable . Needless to say , the most antagonistic criticism came from Scotchmen whom Johnson admitted ...
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