The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page viii
... respects the most interesting of his London residences , is still in existence , and it is marked by a Society of Arts tablet . Gough Square lies on the north side of Fleet Street , from which it is entered either through Hind Court or ...
... respects the most interesting of his London residences , is still in existence , and it is marked by a Society of Arts tablet . Gough Square lies on the north side of Fleet Street , from which it is entered either through Hind Court or ...
Page xvii
... respect Millar , Sir ; he has raised the price of literature , " he declared ; and certainly poor muddle - headed Andrew seems to have dealt not illiberally by that " most singular genius , " the author of Tom Jones and Amelia . There ...
... respect Millar , Sir ; he has raised the price of literature , " he declared ; and certainly poor muddle - headed Andrew seems to have dealt not illiberally by that " most singular genius , " the author of Tom Jones and Amelia . There ...
Page xxx
... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
Page xxxiii
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the publick , which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the publick , which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
Page xxxvi
... respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes the HERO is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole course of the History , is ...
... respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes the HERO is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole course of the History , is ...
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