Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 oldal |
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... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has ... written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of nar- ration and ...
... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has ... written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of nar- ration and ...
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... writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Me- moirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most vol- uminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight , a man , whom , during ...
... writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Me- moirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most vol- uminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight , a man , whom , during ...
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James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. BOSWELL'S MODE OF WRITING 9 in the character and conduct of my illustrious friend ; who , I trust , will , by a true and fair delineation , be vindicated both from the injurious ... WRITING ...
James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. BOSWELL'S MODE OF WRITING 9 in the character and conduct of my illustrious friend ; who , I trust , will , by a true and fair delineation , be vindicated both from the injurious ... WRITING ...
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... written , that it might lay open to posterity the pri- vate and familiar character of that man , whose candour and ... writing a life , when they exhibit a chronological series of actions or preferments ; and have so little regard to the ...
... written , that it might lay open to posterity the pri- vate and familiar character of that man , whose candour and ... writing a life , when they exhibit a chronological series of actions or preferments ; and have so little regard to the ...
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... written by , such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality ...
... written by , such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality ...
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