Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebride and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1934 - 556 pages |
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Page 182
... DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , was announced to the world , by the publication of its Plan or Prospectus . How long this immense undertaking had been the object of his contemplation , I do not know . I once asked him by what means ...
... DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , was announced to the world , by the publication of its Plan or Prospectus . How long this immense undertaking had been the object of his contemplation , I do not know . I once asked him by what means ...
Page 188
... Dictionary was composed . It is the first or corner house on the right hand , as you enter through the arched way from the North - west . ... It is a stout , old - fashioned , oak - balustraded house : " I have spent many a pound and ...
... Dictionary was composed . It is the first or corner house on the right hand , as you enter through the arched way from the North - west . ... It is a stout , old - fashioned , oak - balustraded house : " I have spent many a pound and ...
Page 536
... Dictionary or in its successor , the Oxford Dictionary ; Cribbage is merely defined as ' A game at cards . ' Stewart appears to have died before the Dictionary was completed ( Letters , No. 39 ) . In April 1780 Johnson instructed ...
... Dictionary or in its successor , the Oxford Dictionary ; Cribbage is merely defined as ' A game at cards . ' Stewart appears to have died before the Dictionary was completed ( Letters , No. 39 ) . In April 1780 Johnson instructed ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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