The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm Ken- more to the Death of James V. ' in drawing up which , his Lordship has been engaged for some time . Lordship writes to me thus : If I could procure Dr. Johnson's criticism , they would be of ...
... Scotland , from the Accession of Malcolm Ken- more to the Death of James V. ' in drawing up which , his Lordship has been engaged for some time . Lordship writes to me thus : If I could procure Dr. Johnson's criticism , they would be of ...
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... Scotland , the follow- ing Erse books : -The New Testament ; Baxter's Call ; ' - The Confession of Faith of the Assembly of Di- vines at Westminster ; ' - The Mother's Catechism ; ' A Gaelick and English Vocabulary . " " 2 66 DEAR SIR ...
... Scotland , the follow- ing Erse books : -The New Testament ; Baxter's Call ; ' - The Confession of Faith of the Assembly of Di- vines at Westminster ; ' - The Mother's Catechism ; ' A Gaelick and English Vocabulary . " " 2 66 DEAR SIR ...
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... Scotland ' are excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected only to the alteration of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward departed with the glory due to the con- queror of a free people ...
... Scotland ' are excellent . I agreed with you on every one of them . He himself objected only to the alteration of free to brave , in the passage where he says that Edward departed with the glory due to the con- queror of a free people ...
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... Scotland one year and Wales another . You must next go to Switzerland . Cambria will complain , if you do not honour her also with some remarks . And I find concessere columnæ , the booksellers expect anoth- er book . I am impatient to ...
... Scotland one year and Wales another . You must next go to Switzerland . Cambria will complain , if you do not honour her also with some remarks . And I find concessere columnæ , the booksellers expect anoth- er book . I am impatient to ...
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... Scotland . " Parliament having been dissolved , and his friend Mr. Thrale , who was a steady supporter of government , having again to encounter the storm of a contested elec- tion , he wrote a short political pamphlet , entitled " The ...
... Scotland . " Parliament having been dissolved , and his friend Mr. Thrale , who was a steady supporter of government , having again to encounter the storm of a contested elec- tion , he wrote a short political pamphlet , entitled " The ...
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