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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... EDITION D R. BIRKBECK HILL published his edition of this work in 1887 , when it was immediately recognized by scholars to be the best that had appeared ; this proud position it holds to - day , its authority undisputed and its value not ...
... EDITION D R. BIRKBECK HILL published his edition of this work in 1887 , when it was immediately recognized by scholars to be the best that had appeared ; this proud position it holds to - day , its authority undisputed and its value not ...
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... edition , the proofs of which were not read by its editor , Malone . The process of degradation went on till the sixth edition , the last to be produced by Malone , was published in 1811 , when an effort was made to stay it by Boswell's ...
... edition , the proofs of which were not read by its editor , Malone . The process of degradation went on till the sixth edition , the last to be produced by Malone , was published in 1811 , when an effort was made to stay it by Boswell's ...
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... edition which received the author's final revision is the one which all future editors should follow . The second edition , which was the last that was brought out in Boswell's life - time , could not , I became convinced , be ...
... edition which received the author's final revision is the one which all future editors should follow . The second edition , which was the last that was brought out in Boswell's life - time , could not , I became convinced , be ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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