Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 oldal |
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... London he found that city the center of the nation's literary life and Pope in regal authority . After many years he became Pope's successor . As literary dictator Johnson was less powerful than any of his predecessors , for conditions ...
... London he found that city the center of the nation's literary life and Pope in regal authority . After many years he became Pope's successor . As literary dictator Johnson was less powerful than any of his predecessors , for conditions ...
xiii. oldal
... London , and devoted the great part of his energy to the pursuit of his hero . As their in- timacy grew , Boswell made the best of his opportunities , and as a reward for his perseverance came eventually his election to the Literary ...
... London , and devoted the great part of his energy to the pursuit of his hero . As their in- timacy grew , Boswell made the best of his opportunities , and as a reward for his perseverance came eventually his election to the Literary ...
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... London , died in his fifty - fifth year . Boswell's Life of Johnson is not merely a consecutive narrative of the events in Johnson's life , but also an en- cyclopædia of anecdotal material . The present abridg- ment of the third edition ...
... London , died in his fifty - fifth year . Boswell's Life of Johnson is not merely a consecutive narrative of the events in Johnson's life , but also an en- cyclopædia of anecdotal material . The present abridg- ment of the third edition ...
1. oldal
... EDITION , REVISED AND AUGMENTED , IN FOUR VOLUMES . LONDON : PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN & SON , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY . — MDCCXCIX , DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA _____ REYNOLDS 1 MY DEAR SIR Title-page to the Third Edition.] ...
... EDITION , REVISED AND AUGMENTED , IN FOUR VOLUMES . LONDON : PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN & SON , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY . — MDCCXCIX , DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA _____ REYNOLDS 1 MY DEAR SIR Title-page to the Third Edition.] ...
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... disappointed of its gratifications . I am , my dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . LONDON , April 20 , 1791 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the BOSWELL'S DEDICATION ...
... disappointed of its gratifications . I am , my dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . LONDON , April 20 , 1791 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the BOSWELL'S DEDICATION ...
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