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Page 581
... write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . ' BOSWELL . Such as Carte's History ? JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir . When a man writes from his own mind , he ...
... write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . ' BOSWELL . Such as Carte's History ? JOHNSON . ' Yes , Sir . When a man writes from his own mind , he ...
Page 608
... write or not , set your thoughts at rest . I now write to tell you that I shall not very soon write again , for I am to set out to - morrow on another journey . 6 Your friends are all well at Streatham , and in Leicester- fields ...
... write or not , set your thoughts at rest . I now write to tell you that I shall not very soon write again , for I am to set out to - morrow on another journey . 6 Your friends are all well at Streatham , and in Leicester- fields ...
Page 647
... write a good book upon it , ere nan must have extensive views . It is not necessary to ppe practised , to write well upon a subject . ' I mentioned as a subject on which no man could write well without dtctice . JOHNSON . Why , Sir , in ...
... write a good book upon it , ere nan must have extensive views . It is not necessary to ppe practised , to write well upon a subject . ' I mentioned as a subject on which no man could write well without dtctice . JOHNSON . Why , Sir , in ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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