Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson

Author: Alexander Main

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780332889498

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Excerpt from Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Founded Chiefly Upon Boswell Johnsmtobemre. Has a roughness in his manner: but no man alive hasa more tender heart. He kc: noticing d tic: bear but his inf - own! Gowsmn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson

Author: James Boswell

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020355646

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An exploration of the life and times of Dr Samuel Johnson, focusing on his conversations and interactions as recorded in the writings of his friend and biographer James Boswell. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson

Author: Jeffrey Meyers

Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd

Published: 2015-11-27

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1904915507

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Jeffrey Meyers tells the extraordinary story of Samuel Johnson one of the most illustrious figures of English literary tradition. Johnson was famous as a poet, novelist, biographer, essayist, critic, editor, lexicographer, conversationalist and larger than life personality. After nine years of work Johnson's, 'A dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1755. He overcame great adversity to achieve success. 'The Struggle' is a masterful portrait of a brilliant and tormented figure.

Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson

Author: David Nokes

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 080508651X

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In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work.