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Thomas Sheridan : Life of Swift

'Finished Sheridan's "Life of Swift"....'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Green      Print: Book

Thomas Sheridan : Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, The

'I could not but smile, at the same time that I was offended, to observe Sheridan, in "The Life of Swift", which he afterwards published, attempting, in the writhings of his resentment, to depreciate Johnson, by characterising him as "A writer of gigantick fame in these days of little men"; that very Johnson whom he once so highly admired and venerated'.

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: James Boswell      Manuscript: Unknown

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