Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonGinn, 1903 - 94 pages |
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Page x
... thought he was too busy with his literary activities to waste time in school ; but the father and mother looked upon his productions merely as schoolboy amusements . He was to be treated like other boys , and no suspicion was to come to ...
... thought he was too busy with his literary activities to waste time in school ; but the father and mother looked upon his productions merely as schoolboy amusements . He was to be treated like other boys , and no suspicion was to come to ...
Page xiii
... thought of ambition or jealous self - seeking . This sort of training , supplemented by his discussions at college , where he soon became a vigorous politician , developed a patriotic , disinterested man . In the midst of his ...
... thought of ambition or jealous self - seeking . This sort of training , supplemented by his discussions at college , where he soon became a vigorous politician , developed a patriotic , disinterested man . In the midst of his ...
Page xvi
... in the Cabinet , although both he and his father thought this course of action would be fatal to his career . A son whose 1 Trevelyan , I , 249–253 . devotion to his father leads him to such lengths is xvi INTRODUCTION.
... in the Cabinet , although both he and his father thought this course of action would be fatal to his career . A son whose 1 Trevelyan , I , 249–253 . devotion to his father leads him to such lengths is xvi INTRODUCTION.
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... thought , or might some sentences be omitted as well as not ? It will be equally profitable , at this point , to test the coher- ence of half a dozen paragraphs . Does each sentence lead up naturally to the next ? Can the order of ...
... thought , or might some sentences be omitted as well as not ? It will be equally profitable , at this point , to test the coher- ence of half a dozen paragraphs . Does each sentence lead up naturally to the next ? Can the order of ...
Page xxvii
... thought away with us . The value of a review of this sort is evident from a glance at the following topics : Literary Life in London in Johnson's Time , Johnson's Love Affair , The Dictionary , The Turning Point in Johnson's Life , The ...
... thought away with us . The value of a review of this sort is evident from a glance at the following topics : Literary Life in London in Johnson's Time , Johnson's Love Affair , The Dictionary , The Turning Point in Johnson's Life , The ...
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Page 85 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,l one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
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Page 85 - In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed; and though no book was ever spared out of tenderness to the author, and the world is little solicitous to know whence...