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xxii, 612 pages 19 cm. |
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Rinehart editions ; 57 |
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Rinehart editions ; 57.
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| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical notes": pages xix-xxii. |
| Contents |
April 25, 1752 -- Easter eve (1757) -- Easter eve 1761 -- April 21, 1764 -- Sept. 18, 1764 -- Sunday, Oct. 18, 1767 -- Wednesday, March 28, 1770 -- June 1, 1770 -- Sept. 18, 1771 -- Easter day, April 16, 1775 -- March 30, Easter day (1777) -- Good Friday (1779) -- Good Friday April 13, 1781 -- September 18, 1781 -- On leaving Mr. Thrale's family, October 6, 1782 -- October 7, (1782) -- Against inquistitive and perplexing thoughts, August 112, 1784 -- To Mrs. Thrale on her completeing her thiry-fifth year -- A short song of congratulation -- Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the opening of the theatre in Drury-Lane 1747 -- The vanity of Human wishes -- On the death of Mr. Robert Levet -- Excerpts from 'The Rambler' ... -- On modern fiction -- On the spring -- Presumption vs. Timidity -- On old age -- Suspirius, the screech-owl -- On biography -- Benefits of a garret -- Agianst procrastination -- On detractors -- On the tyranny of parents -- Learning vx. invention -- On self-indulgence -- On choosing friends -- landlady's chronicle -- Interest vs. Envy -- On chance -- On forgiveness -- Prospero, the nouveau-Riche -- Seged: a fable -- Seged, contd. -- The Rambler's last words -- Excerpts from 'The Adventurer' ... -- Urban Multiplicity -- Journey in a Stagecoach -- excerpts from 'The Idler' ... -- ned Drugget -- Conspiracy to be pleased -- Sober's busy idleness -- The need for oblivion -- The death of friends -- Dick Minim, the critic -- Dick Minim, continued -- The art of forgetting -- What have you done? -- Horror of concluding -- From "A review of Soame Jenyns ' A free enquiry into the nature and origin of evil" -- From "A journey to the western islands of Scotland: ossian -- Preface to the dictionary -- Preface to Shakespeare -- The life of Pope -- The life of Philips -- The life of Prior -- The life of Gray -- The life of Milton -- The life of Cowley -- The life of Dryden -- The life of Addison -- The life of Savage -- The life of Thomson -- The life of Collins. |
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
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Authors -- Correspondence.
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Biography.
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Essays.
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Poetry.
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English poetry.
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English prose literature.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. (OCoLC)fst00029184
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Authors. (OCoLC)fst00821688
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst00832149
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| Genre/Form |
Records and correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01423917
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1958
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Rasselas. New York, Rinehart [1958] (OCoLC)565646496 |
| ISBN |
0030080355 |
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9780030080357 |
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003082785X |
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9780030827853 |
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