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... poet ; acknowl . 1747. Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language , addressed to Philip Dormer , earl of Chesterfield ; acknowl . FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE . 1748. Life of Roscommon ; acknowl . Foreign History , November ; intern ...
... poet ; acknowl . 1747. Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language , addressed to Philip Dormer , earl of Chesterfield ; acknowl . FOR THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE . 1748. Life of Roscommon ; acknowl . Foreign History , November ; intern ...
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... First Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick ; acknowl . 1781. Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , to the works of the most eminent 1781 . English Poets : afterwards published with the title XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
... First Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick ; acknowl . 1781. Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , to the works of the most eminent 1781 . English Poets : afterwards published with the title XX CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE.
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James Boswell. 1781 . English Poets : afterwards published with the title of the Lives of the English Poets ; acknowl . Argument on the importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an election committee of the house of ...
James Boswell. 1781 . English Poets : afterwards published with the title of the Lives of the English Poets ; acknowl . Argument on the importance of the Registration of Deeds ; dictated to me for an election committee of the house of ...
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... poet were very acceptable to me . Ib . p . 258. 1. 7. I shall be very glad of them . The above alterations , with the exception of that relating to Polypheme , may seem to some too minute . We trust , at all events , that our readers ...
... poet were very acceptable to me . Ib . p . 258. 1. 7. I shall be very glad of them . The above alterations , with the exception of that relating to Polypheme , may seem to some too minute . We trust , at all events , that our readers ...
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... poet . Hague was succeeded by Green , afterwards bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that ...
... poet . Hague was succeeded by Green , afterwards bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that ...
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