The Life of Samuel JohnsonGeorg Olms Verlag - 639 pages |
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Page xiii
... critical evaluation of Johnson's opinions , personality , and literary career . ⚫ continued library passed from Miss Constance Isabel Meade , Percy's great - granddaughter , to the Bodleian in 1932. See D. Nichol Smith , " The ...
... critical evaluation of Johnson's opinions , personality , and literary career . ⚫ continued library passed from Miss Constance Isabel Meade , Percy's great - granddaughter , to the Bodleian in 1932. See D. Nichol Smith , " The ...
Page xv
... critical perspective and to supply a rational corrective to their sometimes idolatrous treatment of their subject . This attitude is evident from Anderson's introduc- tory remarks to the third edition , where he points out the special ...
... critical perspective and to supply a rational corrective to their sometimes idolatrous treatment of their subject . This attitude is evident from Anderson's introduc- tory remarks to the third edition , where he points out the special ...
Page xvii
... critical evalu- ation of his place in literary history . The narrative of Johnson's life , which consumes the bulk of the volume ( pp . 9-457 ) , is drawn largely from Hawkins and Boswell , with occasional information acquired from ...
... critical evalu- ation of his place in literary history . The narrative of Johnson's life , which consumes the bulk of the volume ( pp . 9-457 ) , is drawn largely from Hawkins and Boswell , with occasional information acquired from ...
Page xix
... Percy ; the big changes are the considerable additions of critical and intellectual analysis , often buttressed by scholarly annotation . Clearly , this observation expands Percy's suggestion concerning the effects XIX *
... Percy ; the big changes are the considerable additions of critical and intellectual analysis , often buttressed by scholarly annotation . Clearly , this observation expands Percy's suggestion concerning the effects XIX *
Page xx
... critical commentary of any of the lives by members of Johnson's circle.15 Murphy tends to be 15 Murphy's critical section , in Johnsonian Miscellanies , ed . G. Birkbeck Hill , 2 vols . ( Oxford , 1897 ) , I , 450-88 , comprises about ...
... critical commentary of any of the lives by members of Johnson's circle.15 Murphy tends to be 15 Murphy's critical section , in Johnsonian Miscellanies , ed . G. Birkbeck Hill , 2 vols . ( Oxford , 1897 ) , I , 450-88 , comprises about ...
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