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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... received your letter I have passed so many days without answering it . " I think there is no great difficulty in resolving your doubts . The reasons for which you are inclined to vis- it London are , I think , not of sufficient strength ...
... received your letter I have passed so many days without answering it . " I think there is no great difficulty in resolving your doubts . The reasons for which you are inclined to vis- it London are , I think , not of sufficient strength ...
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... received for you , from the Society for pro- pagating Christian Knowledge in 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 ...
... received for you , from the Society for pro- pagating Christian Knowledge in 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 ...
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... received four Erse books , without any di- rection , and suspect that they are intended for the Ox- ford library . If that is the intention , I think it will be proper to add the metrical psalms , and whatever else is printed in Erse ...
... received four Erse books , without any di- rection , and suspect that they are intended for the Ox- ford library . If that is the intention , I think it will be proper to add the metrical psalms , and whatever else is printed in Erse ...
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... receiving it I had inform- ed him of the melancholy event that the young Laird of Col was unfortunately drowned . 66 DEAR SIR , 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " LAST night I corrected the last page of our Jour- ney to the Hebrides . ' The ...
... receiving it I had inform- ed him of the melancholy event that the young Laird of Col was unfortunately drowned . 66 DEAR SIR , 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " LAST night I corrected the last page of our Jour- ney to the Hebrides . ' The ...
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... receiving any more , promise punctually to return them by the next post . Make my compliments to dear Mrs. Boswell , and to Miss Veronica . I am , dear sir , “ Jan. 1 , 1775. " " Yours most faithfully , " SAM . JOHNSON . " 3 1 It should ...
... receiving any more , promise punctually to return them by the next post . Make my compliments to dear Mrs. Boswell , and to Miss Veronica . I am , dear sir , “ Jan. 1 , 1775. " " Yours most faithfully , " SAM . JOHNSON . " 3 1 It should ...
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