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... be disappointed of its gratifi- cations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver viii DEDICATION .
... be disappointed of its gratifi- cations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver viii DEDICATION .
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James Boswell. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver to the world a work which I have long promised , and of which , I am afraid , too high expectations have been raised . The delay of its publication must be imputed ...
James Boswell. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver to the world a work which I have long promised , and of which , I am afraid , too high expectations have been raised . The delay of its publication must be imputed ...
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... edition of Shak- speare , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly ob- tained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from whence ...
... edition of Shak- speare , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly ob- tained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from whence ...
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... edition of Shakspeare . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . THAT I was anxious ADVERTISEMENT . xi.
... edition of Shakspeare . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . THAT I was anxious ADVERTISEMENT . xi.
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... edition . May I be permitted to say , that the typography of both editions does honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now master of the wor- shipful company of stationers , whom I have long known as a worthy man and an obliging ...
... edition . May I be permitted to say , that the typography of both editions does honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now master of the wor- shipful company of stationers , whom I have long known as a worthy man and an obliging ...
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