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Page 24
... scouting his politics , that he wrote Cibber a challenge ; but was prevented from
sending it by the publisher , who fairly laughed him out of his fury . The
proprietors , too , were discontented in the end on account of Mr . Cibber ' s
unexpected ...
... scouting his politics , that he wrote Cibber a challenge ; but was prevented from
sending it by the publisher , who fairly laughed him out of his fury . The
proprietors , too , were discontented in the end on account of Mr . Cibber ' s
unexpected ...
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Mr . Murphy said , he understood his history was kept back several years for fear
of Smollett . JOHNSON . “ This seems strange to Murphy and me , who never felt
that anxiety , but sent what we wrote to the press , and let it take its chance .
Mr . Murphy said , he understood his history was kept back several years for fear
of Smollett . JOHNSON . “ This seems strange to Murphy and me , who never felt
that anxiety , but sent what we wrote to the press , and let it take its chance .
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He told us , “ almost all his Ramblers were written just as they were wanted for
the press ; that he sent a certain portion of the copy of an essay , and wrote the
remainder while the former part of it was printing . When it was wanted , and he
had ...
He told us , “ almost all his Ramblers were written just as they were wanted for
the press ; that he sent a certain portion of the copy of an essay , and wrote the
remainder while the former part of it was printing . When it was wanted , and he
had ...
Page 37
He told us that “ Addison wrote Budgell ' s papers in the Spectator , at least
mended them so much , that he made them almost his own ; and that Draper ,
Tonson ' s partner , assured Mrs . Johnson , that the much - admired epilogue to
The ...
He told us that “ Addison wrote Budgell ' s papers in the Spectator , at least
mended them so much , that he made them almost his own ; and that Draper ,
Tonson ' s partner , assured Mrs . Johnson , that the much - admired epilogue to
The ...
Page 67
The following letters concerning an epitaph which he wrote for the monument of
Dr . Goldsmith in Westminster abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected
modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which
he ...
The following letters concerning an epitaph which he wrote for the monument of
Dr . Goldsmith in Westminster abbey , afford at once a proof of his unaffected
modesty , his carelessness as to his own writings , and of the great respect which
he ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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