Dr. JohnsonV. Golancz, 1928 - 203 pages |
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... interesting experience that he had found men 66 worse in commercial dealings , more disposed to cheat than I had any notion of ; but more disposed to do one another a service than I had conceived . " He added , " And really it is ...
... interesting experience that he had found men 66 worse in commercial dealings , more disposed to cheat than I had any notion of ; but more disposed to do one another a service than I had conceived . " He added , " And really it is ...
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... interesting people , but they were not primarily Johnsonians . We must here omit them . There remains , however , one man without the mention of whom an essay on Johnson would be ridiculous . James Boswell , Macaulay would have us ...
... interesting people , but they were not primarily Johnsonians . We must here omit them . There remains , however , one man without the mention of whom an essay on Johnson would be ridiculous . James Boswell , Macaulay would have us ...
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... interesting of the Lives is perhaps that of Savage , written thirty - five years before the rest and to which I have already referred . In it the reader will find little about poetry but a very interesting description of a very curious ...
... interesting of the Lives is perhaps that of Savage , written thirty - five years before the rest and to which I have already referred . In it the reader will find little about poetry but a very interesting description of a very curious ...
Contents
II | 10 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF GRUB STREET | 26 |
THE RAMBLER CHESTERFIELD SHAKESPEARE | 51 |
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