Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonMacmillan Company, 1908 - 197 páginas |
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... tion , were dashed off at the highest rate of speed . The boy's memory was equally astonishing . Though reading with the greatest rapidity , seeming to take in a whole page at a glance , he not only remembered the substance , but , in ...
... tion , were dashed off at the highest rate of speed . The boy's memory was equally astonishing . Though reading with the greatest rapidity , seeming to take in a whole page at a glance , he not only remembered the substance , but , in ...
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... lication . In fact , Macaulay resisted their republica- tion as long as he could , and was only forced to it , in 1 J. Cotter Morison's Macaulay- 1843 , by the appearance of several American editions which xxiv INTRODUCTION.
... lication . In fact , Macaulay resisted their republica- tion as long as he could , and was only forced to it , in 1 J. Cotter Morison's Macaulay- 1843 , by the appearance of several American editions which xxiv INTRODUCTION.
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... tion , but I have never habituated myself to dissect them . Perhaps I enjoy them the more keenly for that reason . Such books as Lessing's Laocoön , such pas- sages as the criticism of Hamlet in Wilhelm Meister fill me with wonder and ...
... tion , but I have never habituated myself to dissect them . Perhaps I enjoy them the more keenly for that reason . Such books as Lessing's Laocoön , such pas- sages as the criticism of Hamlet in Wilhelm Meister fill me with wonder and ...
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... tion to modern copies from the antique as to the original models . While he was thus irregularly educating himself , his 5 family was sinking into hopeless poverty . Old Michael Johnson was much better qualified to pore upon books , and ...
... tion to modern copies from the antique as to the original models . While he was thus irregularly educating himself , his 5 family was sinking into hopeless poverty . Old Michael Johnson was much better qualified to pore upon books , and ...
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... tion , had seen the leaders of opposition without the mask of patriotism , and had heard the prime minister roar with laughter and tell stories not over decent . During some months Savage lived in the closest familiarity with Johnson ...
... tion , had seen the leaders of opposition without the mask of patriotism , and had heard the prime minister roar with laughter and tell stories not over decent . During some months Savage lived in the closest familiarity with Johnson ...
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