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. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... in the age in which he lived , whofe company has been univerfally courted , I am juftified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and I when ii DEDICATION .
... in the age in which he lived , whofe company has been univerfally courted , I am juftified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has been a long and I when ii DEDICATION .
Page iv
... , even when I was myself the object of it . I trusted that I fhould be liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as as fimply unconscious of the pointed effects of the fatire iv DEDICATION :
... , even when I was myself the object of it . I trusted that I fhould be liberally understood , as knowing very well what I was about , and by no means as as fimply unconscious of the pointed effects of the fatire iv DEDICATION :
Page viii
... myself , at some distance of time , contemplate with wonder ; and I must be allowed to fuggeft , that the nature of the work , in other refpects , as it confifts of innu- merable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute ...
... myself , at some distance of time , contemplate with wonder ; and I must be allowed to fuggeft , that the nature of the work , in other refpects , as it confifts of innu- merable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute ...
Page xi
... myself in the company , and of the party almost through- out . It has given very general fatisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a paffage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being ...
... myself in the company , and of the party almost through- out . It has given very general fatisfaction ; and those who have found most fault with a paffage here and there , have agreed that they could not help going through , and being ...
Page xvii
... which makes every thing that relates to him peculiarly interefting . Lord MACARTNEY favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found have ADVERTISEMENT . xvii.
... which makes every thing that relates to him peculiarly interefting . Lord MACARTNEY favoured me with his own copy of my book , with a number of notes , of which I have availed myself . On the first leaf I found have ADVERTISEMENT . xvii.
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