Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... suppose your great work will soon be reprinted , I beg leave to trouble you with a remark on a passage of it , in which I am a little mis- represented . Be not alarmed ; the misrepresentation is not imputable to you . Not having the ...
... suppose your great work will soon be reprinted , I beg leave to trouble you with a remark on a passage of it , in which I am a little mis- represented . Be not alarmed ; the misrepresentation is not imputable to you . Not having the ...
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... suppose my admiration of you is co - existent with the know- ledge of my character . I find that the Highlanders and Hebrideans in general are much fonder of your Journey than the low - country or hither Scots . One of the Grants said ...
... suppose my admiration of you is co - existent with the know- ledge of my character . I find that the Highlanders and Hebrideans in general are much fonder of your Journey than the low - country or hither Scots . One of the Grants said ...
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... Suppose at one time a law that allowed only males to inherit , and during the continuance of this law many estates to have descended , passing by the females , to remoter heirs . Suppose afterwards the law repealed in correspondence ...
... Suppose at one time a law that allowed only males to inherit , and during the continuance of this law many estates to have descended , passing by the females , to remoter heirs . Suppose afterwards the law repealed in correspondence ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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