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Part of a review of Granger's Sugar Cane , a poem , in the London Chronicle ; acknowl . Review of Goldsmith's Traveller , a poem , in the Critical Review acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , in eight volumes , 8vo . with ...
Part of a review of Granger's Sugar Cane , a poem , in the London Chronicle ; acknowl . Review of Goldsmith's Traveller , a poem , in the Critical Review acknowl . 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare , in eight volumes , 8vo . with ...
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English Poets afterwards published with the title of the Lives of the English Poets ; acknowl . Argument on the importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an election committee of the house of commons ; acknowl .
English Poets afterwards published with the title of the Lives of the English Poets ; acknowl . Argument on the importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an election committee of the house of commons ; acknowl .
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... to the works of the British Poets . - ED . I believe , he was exceeded by no man of 18 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
... to the works of the British Poets . - ED . I believe , he was exceeded by no man of 18 [ 1712-1728 . THE LIFE OF.
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A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah ap- peared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks , Ex alieno ...
A Miscellany of Poems collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that miscellany Johnson's translation of the Messiah ap- peared , with this modest motto from Scaliger's Poeticks , Ex alieno ...
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He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ...
He told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ...
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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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