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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... be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful , humble fervant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . AT laft deliver to vi DEDICATION .
... be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful , humble fervant , London , April 20 , 1791 . JAMES BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . AT laft deliver to vi DEDICATION .
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... obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no praise , though a failure would have been to my difcredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may ...
... obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no praise , though a failure would have been to my difcredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may ...
Page ix
... oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to prefume to introduce them with , " I think I have read ; ” — or , — “ If I remember right ; " - when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to thofe ...
... oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to prefume to introduce them with , " I think I have read ; ” — or , — “ If I remember right ; " - when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to thofe ...
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... obliging friend . In the frangely mixed fcenes of human exiflence , our feelings are often at once pleafing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the prefent Work furnishes a ftriking inftance . It was highly gratifying to me ...
... obliging friend . In the frangely mixed fcenes of human exiflence , our feelings are often at once pleafing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the prefent Work furnishes a ftriking inftance . It was highly gratifying to me ...
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... obliged to go at a certain hour . This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk , as I do . " On Friday , April 3 , I dined with him in Lon- don , in a company where were present several eminent men ...
... obliged to go at a certain hour . This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk , as I do . " On Friday , April 3 , I dined with him in Lon- don , in a company where were present several eminent men ...
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