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Samuel Johnson

A Grammar of the English TongueSamuel Johnson A Grammar of the English Tongue A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE Grammar, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.In this division and order of the parts of grammar I follow the common...

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The TragediesSamuel Johnson Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Introduction on Tragedies Dr. Johnson's reaction to Shakespeare's tragedies is a curious one, compounded as it is of deep emotional involvement in a few scenes in some plays and a strange...

Preface to ShakespeareSamuel Johnson Preface to Shakespeare PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to trut...

Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia INTRODUCTION Rasselas was written by Samuel Johnson in the year 1759, when his age was fifty. He had written his London in 1738; his Vanity of Human Wishes in 1740; his Rambler between March, 1750, and March, 1752. In 1755 ...

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Preface to a Dictionary of the English LanguageSamuel Johnson Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope ...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06LETTER ON DU HALDE'S HISTORY OF CHINA, 1738REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE CONDUCT OF THE DUTCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH 1REVIEW OF MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF AUGUSTUS;REVIEW OF FOUR LETTERS FROM SIR ISAAC NEWTON TO DR BENTLEY,REVIEW OF A JOURNAL ...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 11Samuel Johnson The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 11. / Parlimentary Debates II REFERENCES TO THE SPEAKERS Argyle, Duke of,Aylesford, Lord,Bath, Lord,Bathurst, Lord,Bedford, Duke of,Bladen, Mr.Carteret, Lord,Chesterfield, Lord,Cholmondeley, Lord,...

Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeSamuel Johnson Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope INTRODUCTION When, at the age of sixty-eight, Johnson was writing these “Lives of the English Poets,” he had caused omissions to be made from the poems of Roch...

Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, CowleySamuel Johnson Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley INTRODUCTION Samuel Johnson, born at Lichfield in the year 1709, on the 7th of September Old Style, 18th New Style, was sixty-eight years old when he agreed with the booksellers t...