The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page vi
... collection of The Works of the British Poets . With Prefaces , Biographical and Critical is one of the three major ... collections where it originally appeared , is in its final expanded form both an important source of biographical ...
... collection of The Works of the British Poets . With Prefaces , Biographical and Critical is one of the three major ... collections where it originally appeared , is in its final expanded form both an important source of biographical ...
Page xiv
... collection included dozens of such prefaces , written with workmanlike proficiency but seldom insightful or brilliant . Anderson's method in these brief lives varies little from the standard established by the biographical collections ...
... collection included dozens of such prefaces , written with workmanlike proficiency but seldom insightful or brilliant . Anderson's method in these brief lives varies little from the standard established by the biographical collections ...
Page 373
... collection of their respective works . In 1776 , a collection of English poetry . upon a more extensive plan , was undertaken by Mr Bell , bookseller in London , and printed by Martin in Edinburgh , in 109 miniature volumes , containing ...
... collection of their respective works . In 1776 , a collection of English poetry . upon a more extensive plan , was undertaken by Mr Bell , bookseller in London , and printed by Martin in Edinburgh , in 109 miniature volumes , containing ...
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