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... conversation , & c . Surely such a sentence cannot justly be passed on one of the most extensive and voluminous writers we ever had , because he was not always writing and publishing . It is true he sometimes blames himself , but , if ...
... conversation , & c . Surely such a sentence cannot justly be passed on one of the most extensive and voluminous writers we ever had , because he was not always writing and publishing . It is true he sometimes blames himself , but , if ...
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... conversation , what can Anderson add ? He assures us that the stock of Johnsoniana is already too large to require further augmentation . His own work , on the contrary , has no secret anecdotes to bring to light , no pri- vate opinions ...
... conversation , what can Anderson add ? He assures us that the stock of Johnsoniana is already too large to require further augmentation . His own work , on the contrary , has no secret anecdotes to bring to light , no pri- vate opinions ...
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... conversation rather than a critique of his writings . Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius , like Hawkins ' life introductory to an edition of the works , includes the longest critical commentary of any of the lives by members of ...
... conversation rather than a critique of his writings . Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius , like Hawkins ' life introductory to an edition of the works , includes the longest critical commentary of any of the lives by members of ...
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... conversation , wit , and wisdom " ( p . 120 ) . 17 The dearth of critical studies in the first seventy - five years of the nineteenth century may be gathered from the survey in James L. Clifford and Donald J. Greene , Samuel Johnson : A ...
... conversation , wit , and wisdom " ( p . 120 ) . 17 The dearth of critical studies in the first seventy - five years of the nineteenth century may be gathered from the survey in James L. Clifford and Donald J. Greene , Samuel Johnson : A ...
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