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... Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the ... Rambler was published on the 14th of March , three days before Mrs. Johnson died . See Prefatory Notice to the ...
... Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the ... Rambler was published on the 14th of March , three days before Mrs. Johnson died . See Prefatory Notice to the ...
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... , 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. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his DR . JOHNSON . 5.
... , 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. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his DR . JOHNSON . 5.
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... 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. 60 . lector himself , may not be most agreeable to many 8 THE LIFE OF.
... 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. 60 . lector himself , may not be most agreeable to many 8 THE LIFE OF.
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... 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 , ut olim in Angelo Politiano , deformitatem oris excellentis ...
... 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 , ut olim in Angelo Politiano , deformitatem oris excellentis ...
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... 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 of putting their sons under the learned tuition of SAMUEL JOHNSON . The truth ...
... 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 of putting their sons under the learned tuition of SAMUEL JOHNSON . The truth ...
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