Samuel JohnsonHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977 - 646 страници In this biography - a work that won three of the most prestigious literary prizes this country offers - W. Jackson Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's awesome intellect and fueled his prodigious output. The first great modern biography of Johnson, it confirms that his statements and judgments on literature, politics, religion, behavior - on all human experience - are as relevant in our age as when they were first uttered. This new edition brings a modern classic back into print and includes a new preface from the author. |
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... passed to a nephew from whom years later William Bowles acquired them and passed them along to Boswell ; and , according to Bowles , there was only one other student among Johnson's contempo- raries whose exercises Wentworth preserved ...
... passed to a nephew from whom years later William Bowles acquired them and passed them along to Boswell ; and , according to Bowles , there was only one other student among Johnson's contempo- raries whose exercises Wentworth preserved ...
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... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for want of application . He had no settled plan , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner ...
... passed in what he thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for want of application . He had no settled plan , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner ...
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... passing , always so powerful in his imagination , seemed only to stun rather than arouse him ( " Where there is no hope , there can be no endeavour " ) . For with every month the realization of time passing brought with it , in a ...
... passing , always so powerful in his imagination , seemed only to stun rather than arouse him ( " Where there is no hope , there can be no endeavour " ) . For with every month the realization of time passing brought with it , in a ...
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First Years at School | 18 |
The Lichfield Upper Grammar School | 28 |
Cornelius Ford and | 45 |
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