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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 .
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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Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trou- ble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no.
Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trou- ble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no.
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... a respect due to the publick , which should oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to intro- duce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or- " If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined .
... a respect due to the publick , which should oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to intro- duce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or- " If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined .
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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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... we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the other's life of Boileau , where B 2 DR .
... we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the other's life of Boileau , where B 2 DR .
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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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