Samuel Johnson and His TimesArco Publishing Company, 1963 - 128 страници |
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... remained proud of his citizenship . Johnson's was the classic background to a successful literary career : a poorish but educated home in the provinces . His father was a bookseller , who came up a good deal in the world and then sank ...
... remained proud of his citizenship . Johnson's was the classic background to a successful literary career : a poorish but educated home in the provinces . His father was a bookseller , who came up a good deal in the world and then sank ...
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... remained friends . At last , apparently by the happy chance of legacy to Mrs Johnson , came Sam's oppor- tunity to go to Oxford . His reason for wanting to go there was not only to learn more classics — at nineteen he had about as much ...
... remained friends . At last , apparently by the happy chance of legacy to Mrs Johnson , came Sam's oppor- tunity to go to Oxford . His reason for wanting to go there was not only to learn more classics — at nineteen he had about as much ...
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... remained technically chaste . The subject is un- congenial ; but these comments are not meant to imply that Johnson is yet another ' neurotic genius ' . The wonder is that he overcame these and so many other disabilities . Unhappy as he ...
... remained technically chaste . The subject is un- congenial ; but these comments are not meant to imply that Johnson is yet another ' neurotic genius ' . The wonder is that he overcame these and so many other disabilities . Unhappy as he ...
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