Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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Page 187
... LETTER 187 ' P.S. I have enclosed a letter to the Vice - Chancellor 1 , which you will read ; and , if you like it , seal and give him . [ London , ] Feb. 1755. ' As the Publick will doubtless be pleased to see the whole progress of ...
... LETTER 187 ' P.S. I have enclosed a letter to the Vice - Chancellor 1 , which you will read ; and , if you like it , seal and give him . [ London , ] Feb. 1755. ' As the Publick will doubtless be pleased to see the whole progress of ...
Page 513
... Letters . In a letter to one of the Miss Thrales ' , he writes , - ' A friend , whose name I will tell when your mamma has tried to guess it , sent to my physician to enquire whether this long train of illness had brought me into ...
... Letters . In a letter to one of the Miss Thrales ' , he writes , - ' A friend , whose name I will tell when your mamma has tried to guess it , sent to my physician to enquire whether this long train of illness had brought me into ...
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... letter - case was a letter relating to me , for which I will give her , if she is willing to give it me , another guinea . The letter is of consequence only to me . I am , dear Sir , & c . ' London , Feb. 27 , 1784. ' ' SAM . JOHNSON ...
... letter - case was a letter relating to me , for which I will give her , if she is willing to give it me , another guinea . The letter is of consequence only to me . I am , dear Sir , & c . ' London , Feb. 27 , 1784. ' ' SAM . JOHNSON ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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