The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 136
... contributed to The Adventurer and to The Idler , of which he wrote by far the greater part , both the touch and the prevailing themes are lighter ; and Boswell notes as a consequence that the immediate sale of the former was greater ...
... contributed to The Adventurer and to The Idler , of which he wrote by far the greater part , both the touch and the prevailing themes are lighter ; and Boswell notes as a consequence that the immediate sale of the former was greater ...
Page 159
... contributed to the periodical papers ; but it is not for his essays in The Examiner and The Craftsman that he is remembered . In all his works it must be confessed that he is exceedingly disappointing . His skill is indisputable , and ...
... contributed to the periodical papers ; but it is not for his essays in The Examiner and The Craftsman that he is remembered . In all his works it must be confessed that he is exceedingly disappointing . His skill is indisputable , and ...
Page 194
... contributing those parliamentary reports in which he took care that " the Whig dogs should not have the best of it ... contributed many papers to The Gentleman's Maga- zine besides the parliamentary debates , and what Johnson wrote was ...
... contributing those parliamentary reports in which he took care that " the Whig dogs should not have the best of it ... contributed many papers to The Gentleman's Maga- zine besides the parliamentary debates , and what Johnson wrote was ...
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