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MY DEAR SIR , -Every liberal motive that can actuate an author in the dedication of his labours , concurs in di- recting me to you , as the person to whom the following work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating ...
MY DEAR SIR , -Every liberal motive that can actuate an author in the dedication of his labours , concurs in di- recting me to you , as the person to whom the following work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating ...
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known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
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But , it seems , I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as ...
But , it seems , I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as ...
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The delay of its publication must be imputed , in a considerable degree , to the extraordinary zeal which has been shown , by distinguished persons in all quarters , to supply me with additional information con- cerning its illustrious ...
The delay of its publication must be imputed , in a considerable degree , to the extraordinary zeal which has been shown , by distinguished persons in all quarters , to supply me with additional information con- cerning its illustrious ...
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A Letter , announcing that the Life of Mr. Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence ; intern . evid . Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue ; intern . evid . 1744.
A Letter , announcing that the Life of Mr. Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his confidence ; intern . evid . Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue ; intern . evid . 1744.
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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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