Samuel Johnson, Volume 47British Council, 1954 - 44 páginas |
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... weekly journalism could provide . So , when a syndicate of booksellers approached him with a proposal for a dictionary of the English language , he accepted the offer and produced his Plan in 1747. He was drawn forward , he said , with ...
... weekly journalism could provide . So , when a syndicate of booksellers approached him with a proposal for a dictionary of the English language , he accepted the offer and produced his Plan in 1747. He was drawn forward , he said , with ...
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... week in building closets , fixing cupboards and fastening shelves . . . . But perhaps the most revealing essay is that in which Johnson purports to display the character of his old friend Sober : Sober is a man of strong desires and ...
... week in building closets , fixing cupboards and fastening shelves . . . . But perhaps the most revealing essay is that in which Johnson purports to display the character of his old friend Sober : Sober is a man of strong desires and ...
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... week . His mother died a few days after he had deli- vered the copy , but at least he had earned some money for the expenses of her funeral . Apart from the circumstances of its production , Rasselas is important in relation not only to ...
... week . His mother died a few days after he had deli- vered the copy , but at least he had earned some money for the expenses of her funeral . Apart from the circumstances of its production , Rasselas is important in relation not only to ...
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