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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... Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth " -- Garrick , Manager of Drury - lane Theatre - Johnson's " Prologue " on its Opening- " Plan " of the Dictionary addressed to Lord Chesterfield- Residence in Gough Square - Institution of the ...
... Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth " -- Garrick , Manager of Drury - lane Theatre - Johnson's " Prologue " on its Opening- " Plan " of the Dictionary addressed to Lord Chesterfield- Residence in Gough Square - Institution of the ...
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... observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when , in one of his leisure hours , he was unbending himself with a few friends in the most playful and frolicsome manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he ...
... observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when , in one of his leisure hours , he was unbending himself with a few friends in the most playful and frolicsome manner , he observed Beau Nash approaching ; upon which he ...
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... observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no praise , though a failure would ...
... observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no praise , though a failure would ...
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... observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his second edition , by way of Addenda , as commodiously ... observations were communicated by James Bindley , Esq . , First Commissioner in the Stamp Office , which have ...
... observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his second edition , by way of Addenda , as commodiously ... observations were communicated by James Bindley , Esq . , First Commissioner in the Stamp Office , which have ...
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... observations inserted in the third edition , and the letters now introduced , are carefully included within crotchets , that the author may not be answerable for anything which had not the sanction of his approbation . The remarks of ...
... observations inserted in the third edition , and the letters now introduced , are carefully included within crotchets , that the author may not be answerable for anything which had not the sanction of his approbation . The remarks of ...
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