The Life of Samuel JohnsonGeorg Olms Verlag - 639 pages |
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Page vii
... original we might logically expect the biblio- graphical history of Anderson's Life to cease . Excluding Mrs. Thrale's Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson and Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson , none of the pre ...
... original we might logically expect the biblio- graphical history of Anderson's Life to cease . Excluding Mrs. Thrale's Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson and Murphy's Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson , none of the pre ...
Page viii
Robert Anderson. twice its original length with significant new material . Except for small additions and corrections , none of the early lives of Johnson was changed so radically in a later edition ( exclusive of scholia , as with ...
Robert Anderson. twice its original length with significant new material . Except for small additions and corrections , none of the early lives of Johnson was changed so radically in a later edition ( exclusive of scholia , as with ...
Page xi
... original manuscript notes on Boswell show , he felt ( and was indeed justified in feeling ) that many of the earlier biographers had been unfairly critical of people still living as well as of Johnson himself . From this letter we may ...
... original manuscript notes on Boswell show , he felt ( and was indeed justified in feeling ) that many of the earlier biographers had been unfairly critical of people still living as well as of Johnson himself . From this letter we may ...
Page xxi
... original observations . The minor lives offer little criticism worth our attention.16 Set against this background , " Anderson's critical essay , even in the 1795 version , is among the most advanced and imaginative of those written in ...
... original observations . The minor lives offer little criticism worth our attention.16 Set against this background , " Anderson's critical essay , even in the 1795 version , is among the most advanced and imaginative of those written in ...
Page xxiv
... original contribution to Johnsonian studies a list of writers who , whether or not they are part of " the school of Johnson , " have intentionally or unconsciously imitated his style . The list ( pp . 560-61 ) is the most comprehensive ...
... original contribution to Johnsonian studies a list of writers who , whether or not they are part of " the school of Johnson , " have intentionally or unconsciously imitated his style . The list ( pp . 560-61 ) is the most comprehensive ...
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