The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's in the borough . I called at his house in the evening , having promised to acquaint Mrs. Williams of his safe return ; when , to my surprise ...
... booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's in the borough . I called at his house in the evening , having promised to acquaint Mrs. Williams of his safe return ; when , to my surprise ...
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... bookseller who was the proprietor of the work , upon being applied to by sir John Pringle , agreed very handsomely to have the leaf on which it was contained cancelled , and reprinted without it , at his own expense . - BoSWELL . g What ...
... bookseller who was the proprietor of the work , upon being applied to by sir John Pringle , agreed very handsomely to have the leaf on which it was contained cancelled , and reprinted without it , at his own expense . - BoSWELL . g What ...
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... book- sellers , was engaged to correct the style and diction of the whole work , then intended to make only four volumes , with power to alter , expunge , or add ... booksellers , " said he , " gave Theophilus Cibber 24 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
... book- sellers , was engaged to correct the style and diction of the whole work , then intended to make only four volumes , with power to alter , expunge , or add ... booksellers , " said he , " gave Theophilus Cibber 24 [ 1776 . THE LIFE OF.
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... booksellers ' hands . We are further assured , that he actu- ally obtained an additional sum ; when he , soon after , ( in the year 1758 , ) un- fortunately embarked for Dublin , on an engagement for one of the theatres there but the ...
... booksellers ' hands . We are further assured , that he actu- ally obtained an additional sum ; when he , soon after , ( in the year 1758 , ) un- fortunately embarked for Dublin , on an engagement for one of the theatres there but the ...
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... bookseller's work . " 66 There is much talk of the misery which we cause to the brute creation ; but they are recompensed by ex- istence . If they were not useful to man , and therefore protected by him , they would not be nearly so ...
... bookseller's work . " 66 There is much talk of the misery which we cause to the brute creation ; but they are recompensed by ex- istence . If they were not useful to man , and therefore protected by him , they would not be nearly so ...
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