Fresh Reflections on Samuel Johnson: Essays in CriticismPrem Nath This volume of criticism seeks to refresh discussion of Samuel Johnson. |
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... Dictionary defines TO RAMBLE " as " To rove loosely and irregularly . " The very title of his essays seems to ad- mit the wicked and unruly verve ( or swerve ) of his writing . James Clifford feels uneasy about the title , and declares ...
... Dictionary defines TO RAMBLE " as " To rove loosely and irregularly . " The very title of his essays seems to ad- mit the wicked and unruly verve ( or swerve ) of his writing . James Clifford feels uneasy about the title , and declares ...
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... Dictionary of the English Language ( 1755 ) , its etymology has invariably been stigmatized as the weakest part.1 Even James Boswell , who is prone to be idolatrous of Johnson , could not help admitting that " The etymologies , though ...
... Dictionary of the English Language ( 1755 ) , its etymology has invariably been stigmatized as the weakest part.1 Even James Boswell , who is prone to be idolatrous of Johnson , could not help admitting that " The etymologies , though ...
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... Dictionary : Essays in the Biography of a Book ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1955 ) , p . 38 . Hereafter referred to as " Sledd and Kolb . " 8De Witt T. Starnes and G. E. Noyes , The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to ...
... Dictionary : Essays in the Biography of a Book ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1955 ) , p . 38 . Hereafter referred to as " Sledd and Kolb . " 8De Witt T. Starnes and G. E. Noyes , The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to ...
Contents
Johnson and Critical Expectation | 13 |
Samuel Johnsons Ambivalent View of Classical Pastoral | 31 |
Johnsons Historical Reviews | 63 |
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