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Page xvii
... DODSLEY'S PRECEPTOR . Preface ; acknowl . Vision of Theodore the Hermit ; acknowl . 1750. The Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson ...
... DODSLEY'S PRECEPTOR . Preface ; acknowl . Vision of Theodore the Hermit ; acknowl . 1750. The Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson ...
Page 82
... Dodsley , I will go and read the lines to him , that we may have his consent to put his name in the title - page ... Dodsley's : as I remember the number of lines which it contains , it will be no longer than Eugenio , with the ...
... Dodsley , I will go and read the lines to him , that we may have his consent to put his name in the title - page ... Dodsley's : as I remember the number of lines which it contains , it will be no longer than Eugenio , with the ...
Page 83
... Dodsley , who declares very warmly in favour of the paper you sent him , which he de- sires to have a share in , it being , as he says , ' a creditable thing to be concerned in . ' I knew not what answer to make till I had consulted you ...
... Dodsley , who declares very warmly in favour of the paper you sent him , which he de- sires to have a share in , it being , as he says , ' a creditable thing to be concerned in . ' I knew not what answer to make till I had consulted you ...
Page 84
... Dodsley , had taste enough to perceive its un- common merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bar- gained for the whole property of it , for which he gave Johnson ten ...
... Dodsley , had taste enough to perceive its un- common merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bar- gained for the whole property of it , for which he gave Johnson ten ...
Page 91
... Dodsley in Pall - Mall , Mr. Rivington in St. Paul's Church - yard , by E. Cave at St. John's Gate , and the Translator , at No. 6 , in Castle - street , by Cavendish - square . " - Boswell . of St. Martin's in the Fields , and curate ...
... Dodsley in Pall - Mall , Mr. Rivington in St. Paul's Church - yard , by E. Cave at St. John's Gate , and the Translator , at No. 6 , in Castle - street , by Cavendish - square . " - Boswell . of St. Martin's in the Fields , and curate ...
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