The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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Page 79
... Dodsley , I will go and read the lines to him , that we may have his consent to put his name in the title - page ... Dodsley's : as I remember the number of lines which it contains , it will be no longer than ' Eugenio , ' with the ...
... Dodsley , I will go and read the lines to him , that we may have his consent to put his name in the title - page ... Dodsley's : as I remember the number of lines which it contains , it will be no longer than ' Eugenio , ' with the ...
Page 80
... Dodsley , who declares very warmly in favour of the paper you sent him , which he desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be concerned in . I knew not what answer to make till I had consulted you , nor ...
... Dodsley , who declares very warmly in favour of the paper you sent him , which he desires to have a share in , it being , as he says , a creditable thing to be concerned in . I knew not what answer to make till I had consulted you , nor ...
Page 81
... Dodsley had taste enough to perceive its uncommon merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bargained for the whole property of it , for which he gave Johnson ten guineas ...
... Dodsley had taste enough to perceive its uncommon merit , and thought it creditable to have a share in it . The fact is , that , at a future conference , he bargained for the whole property of it , for which he gave Johnson ten guineas ...
Page 89
... Dodsley in Pall - Mall , Mr. Rivington in St. Paul's Church - yard , by E. Cave at St. John's Gate , and the Translator , at No. 6 , in Castle - street , by Cavendish - square . " B. the Clergy , particularly by Dr. Pearce , afterwards ...
... Dodsley in Pall - Mall , Mr. Rivington in St. Paul's Church - yard , by E. Cave at St. John's Gate , and the Translator , at No. 6 , in Castle - street , by Cavendish - square . " B. the Clergy , particularly by Dr. Pearce , afterwards ...
Page 127
... Dodsley , that several years before this period , when Johnson was one day sitting in his brother Robert's shop , he heard his brother suggest to him that a Dictionary of the English Language would 1 My friend Mr. Courtenay , whose ...
... Dodsley , that several years before this period , when Johnson was one day sitting in his brother Robert's shop , he heard his brother suggest to him that a Dictionary of the English Language would 1 My friend Mr. Courtenay , whose ...
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