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... thing that relates to him peculiarly interesting . Lord Macartney favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found in his lordship's hand - writing , an ...
... thing that relates to him peculiarly interesting . Lord Macartney favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found in his lordship's hand - writing , an ...
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... to the review of his Essay on Tea , Johnson in the same collection made a reply to it ; acknowl . This is the only instance , it is believed , when he con- 1756 . descended to take notice of any thing that xviii CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
... to the review of his Essay on Tea , Johnson in the same collection made a reply to it ; acknowl . This is the only instance , it is believed , when he con- 1756 . descended to take notice of any thing that xviii CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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James Boswell. 1756 . descended to take notice of any thing that had been written against him ; and here his chief intention seems to have been to make sport . Dedication to the earl of Rochford of , and preface to Mr. Payne's In ...
James Boswell. 1756 . descended to take notice of any thing that had been written against him ; and here his chief intention seems to have been to make sport . Dedication to the earl of Rochford of , and preface to Mr. Payne's In ...
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... thing you want to be satis- fied in any subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I ...
... thing you want to be satis- fied in any subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend to write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I ...
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... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the tabletalk , and ...
... things he saith are always of some value . And other ancient authors have the same phrase , nearly in the same sense . " Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the tabletalk , and ...
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