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... written by him ; acknowl . Abridgement , entitled Foreign History ; intern . evid . Essay on the Description of China from the French of Du Halde ; intern . evid . 1743. Dedication to Dr. Mead of Dr. James's Medicinal Dictionary ...
... written by him ; acknowl . Abridgement , entitled Foreign History ; intern . evid . Essay on the Description of China from the French of Du Halde ; intern . evid . 1743. Dedication to Dr. Mead of Dr. James's Medicinal Dictionary ...
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... written by Johnson ; intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary ; acknowl . 1756 . Several essays in the Universal Visiter , which there is some difficulty in ascertaining . All that are marked with two asterisks have been ...
... written by Johnson ; intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary ; acknowl . 1756 . Several essays in the Universal Visiter , which there is some difficulty in ascertaining . All that are marked with two asterisks have been ...
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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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... written his own life , in conformity with the opinion which he has given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narra- tion and elegance of ...
... written his own life , in conformity with the opinion which he has given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narra- tion and elegance of ...
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... written while sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his illiberal treatment of Dr. Johnson . Since his decease , I have suppressed several of my remarks upon ...
... written while sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his illiberal treatment of Dr. Johnson . Since his decease , I have suppressed several of my remarks upon ...
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