The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 123
... taken subscriptions for a new edition of Shakespeare which was barely even started . The idea of a new edition of Shakespeare , a more satisfactory edition than those of Rowe , Pope and Theobald , had occurred to him years before ; and ...
... taken subscriptions for a new edition of Shakespeare which was barely even started . The idea of a new edition of Shakespeare , a more satisfactory edition than those of Rowe , Pope and Theobald , had occurred to him years before ; and ...
Page 141
... taken to him as he himself had taken to Sheridan . He shared a confidential friend , Sir David Dalrymple , with his father ; and he had a number of close friends of his own age to whom he could outpour his feelings about his present ...
... taken to him as he himself had taken to Sheridan . He shared a confidential friend , Sir David Dalrymple , with his father ; and he had a number of close friends of his own age to whom he could outpour his feelings about his present ...
Page 199
... taken her leave of him , she was accompanied downstairs by Beauclerk when all at once a noise like thunder shook the building . This [ Beauclerk related ] was occasioned by Johnson , who , it seems , upon a little recollection , had taken ...
... taken her leave of him , she was accompanied downstairs by Beauclerk when all at once a noise like thunder shook the building . This [ Beauclerk related ] was occasioned by Johnson , who , it seems , upon a little recollection , had taken ...
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