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Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language , addressed to Philip Dormer , earl of Chesterfield ; acknowl . FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE . 1748. Life of Roscommon ; acknowl . Foreign History , November ; intern . evid .
Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language , addressed to Philip Dormer , earl of Chesterfield ; acknowl . FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE . 1748. Life of Roscommon ; acknowl . Foreign History , November ; intern . evid .
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Proposals for publishing an Analysis for the Scotch Celtick Language , by the reverend William Shaw ; acknowl . 1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce , bishop of Rochester ; acknowl .
Proposals for publishing an Analysis for the Scotch Celtick Language , by the reverend William Shaw ; acknowl . 1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce , bishop of Rochester ; acknowl .
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... that clearness of narra- tion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different ...
... that clearness of narra- tion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But although he at different ...
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... of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their blended illustrations in a language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony .
... of a fancy to which all the stores of nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their blended illustrations in a language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony .
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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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