Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson, with a Selection from his Essay on JohnsonGood Press, 2019 M11 29 - 287 páginas This book revolves around Thomas Babington Macaulay's perspective of Samuel Johnson, an English writer who made lasting contributions through his publication of A Dictionary of the English Language. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history." |
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Macaulays Life of Samuel | |
CHRONOLOGY OF MACAULAYS LIFE AND WORKS | |
FROM MACAULAYS ESSAY ON CROKERS EDITION OF BOSWELLS LIFE | |
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Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson: With a Selection from His Essay on Johnson Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Sin vista previa disponible - 1925 |
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