Who's who in Boswell?Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and sold by B. Blackwell, 1935 - Biography & Autobiography - 366 pages |
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... learning . Bentley's name first came into prominence through his Epistle to Mill , arising from a request from Dr John Mill for assistance with work on a manuscript in the Bod- leian Library at Oxford . Bentley's reputation was ...
... learning . Bentley's name first came into prominence through his Epistle to Mill , arising from a request from Dr John Mill for assistance with work on a manuscript in the Bod- leian Library at Oxford . Bentley's reputation was ...
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... learning . But for the sons of citizens , who are to learn a little , get good morals and then go to trade , he may do very well . ' In the same conversation , Johnson compares the want of criti- cal skill in Scotland with the teaching ...
... learning . But for the sons of citizens , who are to learn a little , get good morals and then go to trade , he may do very well . ' In the same conversation , Johnson compares the want of criti- cal skill in Scotland with the teaching ...
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... learning . ' He declared that ' all Scotland could not muster learning enough for Lowth's Prelections . ' He also recommended the same author's English Grammar . Lowth's works in- cluded a biography of William of Wykeham , a new ...
... learning . ' He declared that ' all Scotland could not muster learning enough for Lowth's Prelections . ' He also recommended the same author's English Grammar . Lowth's works in- cluded a biography of William of Wykeham , a new ...
Contents
SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D 17091784 | 2 |
CONTEMPORARY BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD | 8 |
JOHNSON IN SCOTLAND | 14 |
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