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Notice of Mr. Edward Cave's death , inserted in the last page of the Index . IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. - MALONE .
Notice of Mr. Edward Cave's death , inserted in the last page of the Index . IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. - MALONE .
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AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD , NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS , TO KEEP MINE HONOUR from corRUPTION , BUT SUCH AN HONEST CHRONICLER AS GRIFFITH * • SHAKSPEARE , Henry the Eighth . * See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs.
AFTER MY DEATH I WISH NO OTHER HERALD , NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS , TO KEEP MINE HONOUR from corRUPTION , BUT SUCH AN HONEST CHRONICLER AS GRIFFITH * • SHAKSPEARE , Henry the Eighth . * See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs.
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Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his death . As I had the honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ...
Of these memorials a few have been pre- served ; but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames , a few days before his death . As I had the honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ...
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THE man , my friend , whose conscious heart With virtue's sacred ardour glows , Nor taints with death the envenom'd dart , Nor needs the guard of Moorish bows : Though Scythia's icy cliffs he treads , Or horrid Africk's faithless sands ...
THE man , my friend , whose conscious heart With virtue's sacred ardour glows , Nor taints with death the envenom'd dart , Nor needs the guard of Moorish bows : Though Scythia's icy cliffs he treads , Or horrid Africk's faithless sands ...
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Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud Troy shall ...
Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud Troy shall ...
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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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