The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... Malone's Advertisements Introduction Page ix xi xiv xvi xix xxiii xxvi CHAPTER I. - 1709-1731 . Birth and Infancy of Johnson - Account of his Parents - Anecdotes of his Childhood- Taken to London to receive the Royal Touch for Scrofula ...
... Malone's Advertisements Introduction Page ix xi xiv xvi xix xxiii xxvi CHAPTER I. - 1709-1731 . Birth and Infancy of Johnson - Account of his Parents - Anecdotes of his Childhood- Taken to London to receive the Royal Touch for Scrofula ...
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... Malone , who was so good as to allow me to read to him almost the whole of my manuscript , and make such remarks as were greatly for the advantage of the work ; though it is but fair to him to mention , that upon many occasions I ...
... Malone , who was so good as to allow me to read to him almost the whole of my manuscript , and make such remarks as were greatly for the advantage of the work ; though it is but fair to him to mention , that upon many occasions I ...
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... an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . J. BOSWELL . EDMUND MALONE . SEVERAL valuable letters , and other curious xxii MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS .
... an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . J. BOSWELL . EDMUND MALONE . SEVERAL valuable letters , and other curious xxii MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS .
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... MALONE . SEVERAL valuable letters , and other curious matter , having been communicated to the author too late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had ... MALONE'S ADVERTISEMENTS . xxii Mr Malone's Advertisements.
... MALONE . SEVERAL valuable letters , and other curious matter , having been communicated to the author too late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had ... MALONE'S ADVERTISEMENTS . xxii Mr Malone's Advertisements.
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... MALONE . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION . In this edition are inserted some new letters of which the greater part has been obligingly communicated by the Reverend Doctor Vyse , Rector of Lambeth . Those written by Dr. Johnson ...
... MALONE . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION . In this edition are inserted some new letters of which the greater part has been obligingly communicated by the Reverend Doctor Vyse , Rector of Lambeth . Those written by Dr. Johnson ...
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