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 xxxix
... volumes . Some indulgence nevertheless may well be claimed and granted . If Homer at times nods , an index - maker may be pardoned , should he in the fourth or fifth month of his task at the end of a day of eight hours ' work grow ...
... volumes . Some indulgence nevertheless may well be claimed and granted . If Homer at times nods , an index - maker may be pardoned , should he in the fourth or fifth month of his task at the end of a day of eight hours ' work grow ...
Page 135
... volumes in quarto , printed on good paper and letter . 2. The price will be 18s . each volume , to be paid , a half a guinea at the time of subscribinga , half a guinea at the delivery of the first volume , and the rest at the delivery ...
... volumes in quarto , printed on good paper and letter . 2. The price will be 18s . each volume , to be paid , a half a guinea at the time of subscribinga , half a guinea at the delivery of the first volume , and the rest at the delivery ...
Page 539
... volume ' Eliz . Johnson , March 13th , 1752 ' and in the second and fourth the name only . After Johnson's death the volumes passed to Barber . These volumes , together with the other two volumes published by Payne alone , were offered ...
... volume ' Eliz . Johnson , March 13th , 1752 ' and in the second and fourth the name only . After Johnson's death the volumes passed to Barber . These volumes , together with the other two volumes published by Payne alone , were offered ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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