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... writes , “ I have a cold and am miserably deaf . " And in the letter of October 15 he writes , " I have not good health . I do not find that travelling much helps me . My nights are flatulent , though not in the utmost degree , and I ...
... writes , “ I have a cold and am miserably deaf . " And in the letter of October 15 he writes , " I have not good health . I do not find that travelling much helps me . My nights are flatulent , though not in the utmost degree , and I ...
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... writes , of this last ( p . 260 ) , “ I give Francis's translation because I have no other at hand , and do not at present find myself able to give a bet- ter " ( my emphasis ) . Why at present ? And there are errors in the Latin texts ...
... writes , of this last ( p . 260 ) , “ I give Francis's translation because I have no other at hand , and do not at present find myself able to give a bet- ter " ( my emphasis ) . Why at present ? And there are errors in the Latin texts ...
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... writes with the ease of a gentleman .... Johnson writes like a teacher .... Addison's style , like a light wine , pleases everybody from the first . Johnson's , like a liquor of some body , seems too strong at first , but , by degrees ...
... writes with the ease of a gentleman .... Johnson writes like a teacher .... Addison's style , like a light wine , pleases everybody from the first . Johnson's , like a liquor of some body , seems too strong at first , but , by degrees ...
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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