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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 died * ; acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick ...
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 died * ; acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick ...
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... I have given upon a former occasion , have been re- ceived with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . d Rambler , No.
... I have given upon a former occasion , have been re- ceived with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . d Rambler , No.
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... rather too many of Johnson's sayings , than too few ; especially as from the diversity of disposi- tions it cannot be known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the col- Rambler , No.
... rather too many of Johnson's sayings , than too few ; especially as from the diversity of disposi- tions it cannot be known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the col- Rambler , No.
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We find him again this year at Birmingham , and there c See Rambler , No. 103 . d May we not trace a fanciful similarity between Politian and Johnson ? Huetius , speaking of Paulus Pelissonius Fontanerius , says— " in quo natura ...
We find him again this year at Birmingham , and there c See Rambler , No. 103 . d May we not trace a fanciful similarity between Politian and Johnson ? Huetius , speaking of Paulus Pelissonius Fontanerius , says— " in quo natura ...
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Had such an advertisement appeared after the publication of his London , or his Rambler , or his Dic- tionary , how would it have burst upon the world ! with what eagerness would the great and the wealthy have em- braced an opportunity ...
Had such an advertisement appeared after the publication of his London , or his Rambler , or his Dic- tionary , how would it have burst upon the world ! with what eagerness would the great and the wealthy have em- braced an opportunity ...
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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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