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Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana , or a Catalogue of the Li- brary of the Earl of Oxford , afterwards prefixed to the first volume of that catalogue , in which the Latin accounts of the books were written by him ; acknowl .
Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana , or a Catalogue of the Li- brary of the Earl of Oxford , afterwards prefixed to the first volume of that catalogue , in which the Latin accounts of the books were written by him ; acknowl .
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In a copy of it which he presented to the Bodleian library at Oxford , is pasted a character of the late Mr. Zachariah Williams , plainly written by Johnson ; intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary ; acknowl . 1756 .
In a copy of it which he presented to the Bodleian library at Oxford , is pasted a character of the late Mr. Zachariah Williams , plainly written by Johnson ; intern . evid . 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary ; acknowl . 1756 .
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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- troduction to the ...
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- troduction to the ...
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D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider ... Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion which he has given , that every man's life may ...
D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider ... Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion which he has given , that every man's life may ...
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... I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing . ... him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments b The greatest part of this book was written while sir John ...
... I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing . ... him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments b The greatest part of this book was written while sir John ...
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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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