Samuel JohnsonLongmans, Green, 1955 - 171 pages |
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... writer , Johnson remains part of his age , an important and even dominat- ing part , but still a part of it : as a ... writing . Doubtless he was arguing from his own case when he said that the true Genius was ' a mind of large general ...
... writer , Johnson remains part of his age , an important and even dominat- ing part , but still a part of it : as a ... writing . Doubtless he was arguing from his own case when he said that the true Genius was ' a mind of large general ...
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... writing was for the most part done doggedly , as he called it , and he clearly knew nothing of that imperious creative force which drives the true artist to bring his masterpiece to birth . In writing Irene , then , Johnson's prime ...
... writing was for the most part done doggedly , as he called it , and he clearly knew nothing of that imperious creative force which drives the true artist to bring his masterpiece to birth . In writing Irene , then , Johnson's prime ...
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... writing ? ' And when Goldsmith said to him : ' Ay , Sir , we have a claim upon you ' , Johnson argued that he was ... writing than in not writing . ' Johnson retorted con- temptuously : ' Sir , you may wonder . ' This preference for ...
... writing ? ' And when Goldsmith said to him : ' Ay , Sir , we have a claim upon you ' , Johnson argued that he was ... writing than in not writing . ' Johnson retorted con- temptuously : ' Sir , you may wonder . ' This preference for ...
Contents
BOSWELL AND THE Life | 1 |
JOHNSONS EARLY YEARS | 9 |
LICHFIELD TO LONDON 2 I | 21 |
Copyright | |
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