The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return from the ...
... wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , which I found here on my return from the ...
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... wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the papers in the Adventurer , signed T ; acknowl . 1754. Life of Edw . Cave , in the Gentleman's Magazine ; acknowl . 1755. A Dictionary , with a Grammar and History , of the English ...
... wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the papers in the Adventurer , signed T ; acknowl . 1754. Life of Edw . Cave , in the Gentleman's Magazine ; acknowl . 1755. A Dictionary , with a Grammar and History , of the English ...
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... wrote Further Thoughts on Agricul- ture , and a Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authors . The Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by Pope he afterwards acknow- ledged , and added to his Idler . Life of sir Thomas Browne ...
... wrote Further Thoughts on Agricul- ture , and a Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authors . The Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by Pope he afterwards acknow- ledged , and added to his Idler . Life of sir Thomas Browne ...
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... wrote , of which a considerable part are yet unpublished . It is hoped that those persons in whose possession they are , will favour the world with them . JAMES BOSWELL . † To this list of the writings of Dr. Johnson , Mr. Alexander ...
... wrote , of which a considerable part are yet unpublished . It is hoped that those persons in whose possession they are , will favour the world with them . JAMES BOSWELL . † To this list of the writings of Dr. Johnson , Mr. Alexander ...
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... wrote , and said , and thought ; by which man- kind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live o'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through • Brit . Mus . 4320. Ayscough's Catal . Sloane MSS . the several ...
... wrote , and said , and thought ; by which man- kind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live o'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through • Brit . Mus . 4320. Ayscough's Catal . Sloane MSS . the several ...
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