4 English BiographiesJohn Boynton Priestley, O. B. Davis Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 - 767 Seiten |
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... Boswell was born in Edinburgh , of a well - to - do family , in 1740. He first met Johnson in 1763 , but it was during the period 1770-1784 ( when Johnson died ) that Boswell saw Johnson most frequently and carefully recorded his talk ...
... Boswell was born in Edinburgh , of a well - to - do family , in 1740. He first met Johnson in 1763 , but it was during the period 1770-1784 ( when Johnson died ) that Boswell saw Johnson most frequently and carefully recorded his talk ...
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... Boswell . Reading it afterward , he tells us , he suddenly realized that what- ever else he might be , he was no Boswell , and that describing the day's events and talk , accurately , intimately , vividly , demands a peculiar genius ...
... Boswell . Reading it afterward , he tells us , he suddenly realized that what- ever else he might be , he was no Boswell , and that describing the day's events and talk , accurately , intimately , vividly , demands a peculiar genius ...
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... Boswell a high place in literature is his ability , which has in it the quality of genius , to make the most of his ... Boswell , that the subject is everything and the treatment of it nothing . We know this is wrong because other people ...
... Boswell a high place in literature is his ability , which has in it the quality of genius , to make the most of his ... Boswell , that the subject is everything and the treatment of it nothing . We know this is wrong because other people ...
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Afterword | 237 |
Abridgment by O B Davis | 436 |
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