The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Page 257
... wrote , this year , for Mr Newbery , the Dedication , to the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral , and Commons , in Parliament assembled , of " The Evangelical History of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , harmonized , ex- plained , and ...
... wrote , this year , for Mr Newbery , the Dedication , to the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral , and Commons , in Parliament assembled , of " The Evangelical History of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , harmonized , ex- plained , and ...
Page 258
... wrote it , because " he was no croaker , no de- claimer against the times ; " an assertion which is contra- dicted by the tenor of some of his writings before the present reign , and even by some of the conversations recorded by his ...
... wrote it , because " he was no croaker , no de- claimer against the times ; " an assertion which is contra- dicted by the tenor of some of his writings before the present reign , and even by some of the conversations recorded by his ...
Page 311
... wrote it all over again except two lines . " * This publication was encouraged by a genteel subscription . In 1767 , he wrote the Life of Roger Ascham , and the Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury , prefixed to the edition of his 66 ...
... wrote it all over again except two lines . " * This publication was encouraged by a genteel subscription . In 1767 , he wrote the Life of Roger Ascham , and the Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury , prefixed to the edition of his 66 ...
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