Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what Men Thought and Spoke Concerning Him |
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He was of a directly contrary opinion to that of Fielding in his " Tom Jones , " who makes Partridge say of Garrick , " Why , I could act as well as he myself . I am sure , if I had seen a ghost , I should have looked in the very same ...
He was of a directly contrary opinion to that of Fielding in his " Tom Jones , " who makes Partridge say of Garrick , " Why , I could act as well as he myself . I am sure , if I had seen a ghost , I should have looked in the very same ...
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| Título | Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what Men Thought and Spoke Concerning Him |
| Compilado por | Edward Tuckerman Mason |
| Editor | Harper & brothers, 1879 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 15 Nov. 2006 |
| Largo | 319 páginas |
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