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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... printed separately in quarto , for the accommodation of the purchasers of the first edition . May I be permitted to say that the typography of both editions does honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now Master of the Worshipful ...
... printed separately in quarto , for the accommodation of the purchasers of the first edition . May I be permitted to say that the typography of both editions does honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now Master of the Worshipful ...
Page xxiv
... printed at the very accurate press of Mr. Baldwin , I make no doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most ...
... printed at the very accurate press of Mr. Baldwin , I make no doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most ...
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... printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems , collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany ...
... printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . A Miscellany of Poems , collected by a person of the name of Husbands , was published at Oxford in 1731. In that Miscellany ...
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... printed , twice over . Dr. Burney's wonder at seeing several pages of his " Lives of the Poets , " in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him . - MALONE . 2 The illustration ( p . 26 ) represents the ...
... printed , twice over . Dr. Burney's wonder at seeing several pages of his " Lives of the Poets , " in manuscript , with scarce a blot or erasure , drew this observation from him . - MALONE . 2 The illustration ( p . 26 ) represents the ...
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... printed in the newspaper of which Warren was proprietor . It appears from a letter of Johnson's to a friend , which I have read , dated Lichfield , July 27 , 1782 , that he had left Sir Wolstan Dixie's house recently before that letter ...
... printed in the newspaper of which Warren was proprietor . It appears from a letter of Johnson's to a friend , which I have read , dated Lichfield , July 27 , 1782 , that he had left Sir Wolstan Dixie's house recently before that letter ...
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