The Quarterly Review, Volume 282William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1942 |
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... Johnson's conversational formula is command of words . ' The term , Johnsonese , ' has come to stand for turgidity of literary style . As Goldsmith cleverly commented , were Johnson to write a fable , he would make the little fishes ...
... Johnson's conversational formula is command of words . ' The term , Johnsonese , ' has come to stand for turgidity of literary style . As Goldsmith cleverly commented , were Johnson to write a fable , he would make the little fishes ...
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... Johnson : I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford . A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden . ' It was Johnson's facility for giving a sudden turn ...
... Johnson : I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford . A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden . ' It was Johnson's facility for giving a sudden turn ...
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... Johnson lived in an age of conversationalists : we know more of him than of his contemporaries because we have the ... Johnson's Literary Club , founded by Sir Joshua Reynolds , was the most famous . Here foregathered Garrick , Sheridan ...
... Johnson lived in an age of conversationalists : we know more of him than of his contemporaries because we have the ... Johnson's Literary Club , founded by Sir Joshua Reynolds , was the most famous . Here foregathered Garrick , Sheridan ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 1 |
The Neglect of Shipping | 2 |
The Méditerranean in Two Wars | 3 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 282 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero |
| Contributors | Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1942 |
| Original from | University of Georgia Libraries |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2022 |
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