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Page vii
... respect this work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect this work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
Page ix
... respects , as it consists of in- numerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupu- lous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far beyond that of any other ...
... respects , as it consists of in- numerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupu- lous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far beyond that of any other ...
Page x
... respect due to the publick , which should oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to intro- duce them with , — “ I think I have read ; ” — or— “ If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined . I beg ...
... respect due to the publick , which should oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to intro- duce them with , — “ I think I have read ; ” — or— “ If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined . I beg ...
Page xiii
... respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes , the hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole course of the history ...
... respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes , the hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole course of the history ...
Page xx
... respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the house of lords ; acknowl . Argument in support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the court of session in Scotland ...
... respecting Falkland's Islands ; ack . 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster ; dictated to me for the house of lords ; acknowl . Argument in support of the Law of Vicious Intromission ; dictated to me for the court of session in Scotland ...
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