Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... Johnson and Gibbon . The prose of Johnson is certainly not ' muddy ' , yet it does bear along with it an alluvial deposit of learning that distinguishes it unmistakably from the writing of Addison . As writers of English prose Addison ...
... Johnson and Gibbon . The prose of Johnson is certainly not ' muddy ' , yet it does bear along with it an alluvial deposit of learning that distinguishes it unmistakably from the writing of Addison . As writers of English prose Addison ...
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... JOHNSON'S LETTERS R. W. CHAPMAN AM not aware that any study has been made of the opening I and concluding formulas ... Johnson ever styled himself ' Doctor ' , and whether he liked to be so styled . I was curious to confirm my impression ...
... JOHNSON'S LETTERS R. W. CHAPMAN AM not aware that any study has been made of the opening I and concluding formulas ... Johnson ever styled himself ' Doctor ' , and whether he liked to be so styled . I was curious to confirm my impression ...
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... Johnson calls himself ' Dr. Johnson ' , second a letter in which he so styles himself . The letter is one of those discussed below . The passage in Boswell invites scrutiny . Boswell had mentioned , in a general company , a newspaper ...
... Johnson calls himself ' Dr. Johnson ' , second a letter in which he so styles himself . The letter is one of those discussed below . The passage in Boswell invites scrutiny . Boswell had mentioned , in a general company , a newspaper ...
Contents
DAVID NICHOL SMITH From a drawing by SIR MUIRHEAD BONE Frontispiece | 15 |
DEANE SWIFT HAWKESWORTH AND THE JOURNAL TO STELLA HAROLD WILLIAMS | 33 |
POPE AT WORK GEORGE SHERBURN Harvard University | 65 |
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