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... Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth ... , the English Dictionary , and the edition of Shakespeare's plays . What advances or changes did Johnson make in his notes on Macbeth in 1765 , in- fluenced by the 1745 Observations and the ...
... Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth ... , the English Dictionary , and the edition of Shakespeare's plays . What advances or changes did Johnson make in his notes on Macbeth in 1765 , in- fluenced by the 1745 Observations and the ...
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... Observations , Good or Bad , Stupid or Clever , Serious or Jocular , on Squire Foote's Dramatic Entertainment , intitled , The Minor , a dramatic entertainment which he did not even see.1 The Observations were published in 1760 ; three ...
... Observations , Good or Bad , Stupid or Clever , Serious or Jocular , on Squire Foote's Dramatic Entertainment , intitled , The Minor , a dramatic entertainment which he did not even see.1 The Observations were published in 1760 ; three ...
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... observations in language abounding with lively metaphor , though with incorrectness " ( I : 104 ) . Mrs. Lustig ( see note 5 ) deals with large critical issues , instanc- ing a number of Boswell's critical opinions in the Life of ...
... observations in language abounding with lively metaphor , though with incorrectness " ( I : 104 ) . Mrs. Lustig ( see note 5 ) deals with large critical issues , instanc- ing a number of Boswell's critical opinions in the Life of ...
Contents
Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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