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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... favour of the undertaking Page 102 125 CHAPTER VII . - 1751-1754 . Progress of the " Dictionary " and " Rambler " -Lander's Forgeries - Account of Miss Williams - Close of the " Rambler " -Commencement of Hawkesworth's " Adven- turer ...
... favour of the undertaking Page 102 125 CHAPTER VII . - 1751-1754 . Progress of the " Dictionary " and " Rambler " -Lander's Forgeries - Account of Miss Williams - Close of the " Rambler " -Commencement of Hawkesworth's " Adven- turer ...
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... favours received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , most sincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness , -for the cordiality with which you have at all times been pleased to welcome me , —for the ...
... favours received , I have this opportunity , my dear Sir , most sincerely to thank you for the many happy hours which I owe to your kindness , -for the cordiality with which you have at all times been pleased to welcome me , —for the ...
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... favour me with communications and advice in the conduct of my work . But I cannot sufficiently acknowledge my obligations to my friend Mr. Malone , who was so good as to allow me to read to him almost the whole of my manuscript , and ...
... favour me with communications and advice in the conduct of my work . But I cannot sufficiently acknowledge my obligations to my friend Mr. Malone , who was so good as to allow me to read to him almost the whole of my manuscript , and ...
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... favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found , in his lordship's handwriting , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am ...
... favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found , in his lordship's handwriting , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am ...
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... favoured with the most liberal communications by his friends ; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this with more advantages , inde- pendent of literary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to ...
... favoured with the most liberal communications by his friends ; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this with more advantages , inde- pendent of literary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to ...
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