English Literature in Fact & Story: Being a Brief Account of Its Writers & Their Backgrounds, Matters Very Necessary to be Known by the Gentle Reader of Polite Letters. To which are Added for His Greater Edification Many Amusing & Famous Anecdotes and Much Other Illustrative Material with Maps, Charts, & PicturesCentury Company, 1929 - 505 pagina's |
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... Johnson said , had " the wit to hold their tongues . " One of Johnson's friends at this time was a vagabond poet , Richard Savage , who pretended to be the son of a lady of quality . After his death Johnson wrote his life ( 1744 ) , a ...
... Johnson said , had " the wit to hold their tongues . " One of Johnson's friends at this time was a vagabond poet , Richard Savage , who pretended to be the son of a lady of quality . After his death Johnson wrote his life ( 1744 ) , a ...
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... Johnson had thought he could finish the dictionary in three years , but even with the assistance of six copyists it took nearly eight . They worked in the attic story of Johnson's house still standing in Gough Square , off Fleet Street ...
... Johnson had thought he could finish the dictionary in three years , but even with the assistance of six copyists it took nearly eight . They worked in the attic story of Johnson's house still standing in Gough Square , off Fleet Street ...
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... Johnson died , Mrs. Piozzi published a book of anecdotes about him and later his letters . In Johnson's last years his mind was active , but he suffered from various physical disorders and from the melancholy which had made him dread ...
... Johnson died , Mrs. Piozzi published a book of anecdotes about him and later his letters . In Johnson's last years his mind was active , but he suffered from various physical disorders and from the melancholy which had made him dread ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
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