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If a work should be inscribed to one who is master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ensure it credit and success ; the life of Dr. Johnson is with the greatest propriety dedicated to sir Joshua Rey- nolds ...
If a work should be inscribed to one who is master of the subject of it , and whose approbation , therefore , must ensure it credit and success ; the life of Dr. Johnson is with the greatest propriety dedicated to sir Joshua Rey- nolds ...
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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 friend .
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 friend .
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Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon ...
Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark , that his walk was now quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon ...
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It is told " , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his mother the follow- ing epitaph : Here lies good master ...
It is told " , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his mother the follow- ing epitaph : Here lies good master ...
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His next in- structer in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the Uni- verse ; but , I fear , no copy of it can ...
His next in- structer in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he , " published a spelling - book , and dedicated it to the Uni- verse ; but , I fear , no copy of it can ...
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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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