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Page xi
What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
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During this and the following year he wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the papers in the Adventurer , signed T ; acknowl . 1754. Life of Edw . Cave , in the Gentleman's Magazine ; acknowl . 1755.
During this and the following year he wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the papers in the Adventurer , signed T ; acknowl . 1754. Life of Edw . Cave , in the Gentleman's Magazine ; acknowl . 1755.
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... Reflections on the State of Portugal , and an Essay on Architecture : and from the same evidence I am confident that he wrote Further Thoughts on Agricul- ture , and a Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authors .
... Reflections on the State of Portugal , and an Essay on Architecture : and from the same evidence I am confident that he wrote Further Thoughts on Agricul- ture , and a Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authors .
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... but we ought to keep in mind , that there must undoubtedly have been many more which are yet concealed ; and we may add to the account , the numerous let- ters which he wrote , of which a considerable part are yet unpublished .
... but we ought to keep in mind , that there must undoubtedly have been many more which are yet concealed ; and we may add to the account , the numerous let- ters which he wrote , of which a considerable part are yet unpublished .
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Indeed I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writ- ing any man's life , than not only relating all the most im- portant events of it in their order , but interweaving what he privately wrote , and said , and thought ; by which man- ...
Indeed I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writ- ing any man's life , than not only relating all the most im- portant events of it in their order , but interweaving what he privately wrote , and said , and thought ; by which man- ...
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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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