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Letter for Lauder , addressed to the reverend Dr. John Douglas , acknow- ledging his fraud concerning Milton in terms of suitable contrition ; acknowl . Dedication to the earl of Middlesex , of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's Female Quixote ...
Letter for Lauder , addressed to the reverend Dr. John Douglas , acknow- ledging his fraud concerning Milton in terms of suitable contrition ; acknowl . Dedication to the earl of Middlesex , of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's Female Quixote ...
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Sermons , left for publication by John Taylor , LL.D. prebendary of Westminster , and given to the world by the rev . Samuel Hayes , A. M. intern . evid . † Such was the number and variety of the prose works of this extraordinary man ...
Sermons , left for publication by John Taylor , LL.D. prebendary of Westminster , and given to the world by the rev . Samuel Hayes , A. M. intern . evid . † Such was the number and variety of the prose works of this extraordinary man ...
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Since my work was announced , several lives and me- moirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ; the most volu- minous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long ...
Since my work was announced , several lives and me- moirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ; the most volu- minous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long ...
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Sir John Hawkins's ponderous labours , I must acknowledge , exhibit a farrago , of which a consi- derable portion is not devoid of entertainment to the lovers of literary gossiping ; but besides its being swelled out with long ...
Sir John Hawkins's ponderous labours , I must acknowledge , exhibit a farrago , of which a consi- derable portion is not devoid of entertainment to the lovers of literary gossiping ; but besides its being swelled out with long ...
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I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness , on some occasions , of my detail of John- son's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of superficial under- ...
I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness , on some occasions , of my detail of John- son's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of superficial under- ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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