The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... Night Thoughts were begun immedi- ately after the mournful event of 1741. The first Nights appear , in the books of the company of Sta- tioners , as the property of Robert Dodsley , in 1742 . The preface to Night Seven is dated July 7th ...
... Night Thoughts were begun immedi- ately after the mournful event of 1741. The first Nights appear , in the books of the company of Sta- tioners , as the property of Robert Dodsley , in 1742 . The preface to Night Seven is dated July 7th ...
Pagina 125
... thought blamable in a boy to have committed them , it is surely praise- worthy in a man to lament , and certainly not only unnecessary but cruel in a biographer to record . Of the Night Thoughts , notwithstanding their author's ...
... thought blamable in a boy to have committed them , it is surely praise- worthy in a man to lament , and certainly not only unnecessary but cruel in a biographer to record . Of the Night Thoughts , notwithstanding their author's ...
Pagina 129
... Night Thoughts . While it is remembered that from these he excluded many of his writings , let it not be forgotten that the rejected pieces contained nothing prejudicial to the cause of virtue , or of re- ligion . Were every thing that ...
... Night Thoughts . While it is remembered that from these he excluded many of his writings , let it not be forgotten that the rejected pieces contained nothing prejudicial to the cause of virtue , or of re- ligion . Were every thing that ...
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