The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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Page xviii
... ; profuse " dashes , " the use of capitals after colons and semi - colons , show the irregular nature of the entries , which were indeed " extracts from his journal , ” presented almost in the down . state in which they xviii PROPOSALS .
... ; profuse " dashes , " the use of capitals after colons and semi - colons , show the irregular nature of the entries , which were indeed " extracts from his journal , ” presented almost in the down . state in which they xviii PROPOSALS .
Page xx
... nature of a written " life , " which consists of the selection of particular materials , the rejection of others , and the extraction of an orderly purpose , har- mony , or theory by a single mind . Having thus dwelt on Mr. Croker's ...
... nature of a written " life , " which consists of the selection of particular materials , the rejection of others , and the extraction of an orderly purpose , har- mony , or theory by a single mind . Having thus dwelt on Mr. Croker's ...
Page xxvii
... nature of the work in other respects , as it consists of ' The book was published in April , and by August , 1200 out of an edition of 1700 , had been sold . Nearly 4000 copies , Malone says , were sold in thirteen years . Boswell's ...
... nature of the work in other respects , as it consists of ' The book was published in April , and by August , 1200 out of an edition of 1700 , had been sold . Nearly 4000 copies , Malone says , were sold in thirteen years . Boswell's ...
Page xxxii
... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY . Amidst a thou- sand 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 ...
... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY . Amidst a thou- sand 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 ...
Page xxxiii
... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
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