The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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... known 11 The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL . D. with Critical Ob- servations on his Works , 3rd ed . ( Edinburgh : Doig and Stirling , 1815 ) , p . 3. Further references to this edition will be given in the text . concerning his private ...
... known 11 The Life of Samuel Johnson , LL . D. with Critical Ob- servations on his Works , 3rd ed . ( Edinburgh : Doig and Stirling , 1815 ) , p . 3. Further references to this edition will be given in the text . concerning his private ...
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... known at the uni- versities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr Adams told me I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come ...
... known at the uni- versities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr Adams told me I was the best qualified for the university that he had ever known come ...
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... known him many years , and requested the as- sistance of Dr Vyse , rector of Lambeth , in recommending him to Archbishop Cornwallis as a governor of the Charter - house . " Let it not be said , " says he , " that in a lettered country a ...
... known him many years , and requested the as- sistance of Dr Vyse , rector of Lambeth , in recommending him to Archbishop Cornwallis as a governor of the Charter - house . " Let it not be said , " says he , " that in a lettered country a ...
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