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Page vi
... slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the specimen which I gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authen- vi DEDICATION .
... slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the specimen which I gave in my Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authen- vi DEDICATION .
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... gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the papers in the Adventurer , signed T ; acknowl . 1754. Life of Edw . Cave , in the Gentleman's Magazine ; acknowl . 1755. A Dictionary , with a Grammar and History , of the English Language ...
... gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the papers in the Adventurer , signed T ; acknowl . 1754. Life of Edw . Cave , in the Gentleman's Magazine ; acknowl . 1755. A Dictionary , with a Grammar and History , of the English Language ...
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... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments b The greatest part of this book was written while sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his ...
... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments b The greatest part of this book was written while sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his ...
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... gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . Melibaus . My admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast , ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone ...
... gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . Melibaus . My admiration only I exprest , ( No spark of envy harbours in my breast , ) That , when confusion o'er the country reigns , To you alone ...
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... Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . - Boswell . Where'er they fly their lovers ' ghosts pursue , Inflicting 28 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a lady ...
... Johnson wrote this , and gave it to Mr. Hector to convey it privately to them . - Boswell . Where'er they fly their lovers ' ghosts pursue , Inflicting 28 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a lady ...
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