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Page vii
... though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends ...
... though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends ...
Page xviii
In a copy of it which he presented to the Bodleian library at Oxford , is pasted a character of the late Mr. Zachariah Williams , plainly written by Johnson ; intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary ; acknowl . 1756 .
In a copy of it which he presented to the Bodleian library at Oxford , is pasted a character of the late Mr. Zachariah Williams , plainly written by Johnson ; intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary ; acknowl . 1756 .
Page xix
... of the reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete Sys- tem of Astronomical Chronology unfolding the Scriptures , quarto edition ; acknowl . Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists ' Exhibition ; intern . evid . 1763. Character of Collins in ...
... of the reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete Sys- tem of Astronomical Chronology unfolding the Scriptures , quarto edition ; acknowl . Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists ' Exhibition ; intern . evid . 1763. Character of Collins in ...
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Character of the reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , in the London Chron- icle ; acknowl . 1770. The False Alarm ; acknowl . 1771. Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ...
Character of the reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge , in the London Chron- icle ; acknowl . 1770. The False Alarm ; acknowl . 1771. Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ...
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in recollecting , and was very assiduous in recording , his conversation , of which the extraordinary vigour and viva- city constituted one of the first features of his character ; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining materials ...
in recollecting , and was very assiduous in recording , his conversation , of which the extraordinary vigour and viva- city constituted one of the first features of his character ; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining materials ...
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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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