The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Vol. VI by Samuel Johnson. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1900 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Vol. VI by Samuel Johnson. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1900 and may have some i...
Lives of the Poets is a work by Samuel Johnson, comprising of short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. It is arranged, approximately, by date of death. Six of the Lives have been singled out as the most "important" John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Gray.
Lives of the Poets is a work by Samuel Johnson, comprising of short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eig...
Essays From the Rambler and the Idler by Samuel Johnson. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1903 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Essays From the Rambler and the Idler by Samuel Johnson. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1903 and may have some imperfec...
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608-1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time.The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by...
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608-1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted...
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 O.S. 7 September] - 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history." He is also the subject of perhaps the most famous biography in literature, namely The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. The History of...
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 O.S. 7 September] - 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting cont...
This book is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three-year-old Johnson was accompanied by his thirty-two-year-old friend of many years James Boswell, who was also keeping a record of the trip, published in 1785 as A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.
This book is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in th...
This book, which requires a couple of hours of reading, is very useful for these searching for a better understanding of English and its roots. The book brims with humor. For example, Johnson has this to say about adjectives: "the comparison of adjectives is very uncertain, and being much regulated by commodiousness of utterance, or agreeableness of sound is not easily reduced to rules."
This book, which requires a couple of hours of reading, is very useful for these searching for a better understanding of English and its roots. The bo...
