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 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... observations , as you did upon the former occasion . Lord Hailes writes to me thus : ' Mr. Boswell will be pleased to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dalrymple has of Dr. Johnson's attention to his little specimen . The ...
... observations , as you did upon the former occasion . Lord Hailes writes to me thus : ' Mr. Boswell will be pleased to express the grateful sense which Sir David Dalrymple has of Dr. Johnson's attention to his little specimen . The ...
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... kind letter , and inserted in the news - papers an advertisement , correcting the mistake . " . 1 See " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit . p . 520 . The observations of my friend Mr. Dempster in a letter 30 [ 1775 . THE LIFE ...
... kind letter , and inserted in the news - papers an advertisement , correcting the mistake . " . 1 See " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " 3d edit . p . 520 . The observations of my friend Mr. Dempster in a letter 30 [ 1775 . THE LIFE ...
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... observations on Glasgow University shew he has formed a very sound judgement . He understands our climate too ; and he has accurately observed the changes , however slow and imperceptible to us , which Scotland has undergone , in ...
... observations on Glasgow University shew he has formed a very sound judgement . He understands our climate too ; and he has accurately observed the changes , however slow and imperceptible to us , which Scotland has undergone , in ...
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... , By this road , though one of the most rugged in Great Britain , the celebrated Dr. Johnson passed from Inverness to the Hebride Isles . His observations on the country and people are extremely correct , 32 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
... , By this road , though one of the most rugged in Great Britain , the celebrated Dr. Johnson passed from Inverness to the Hebride Isles . His observations on the country and people are extremely correct , 32 [ 1775 . THE LIFE OF.
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... observations on the country and people are extremely correct , judicious , and instructive . ' Mr. Tytler , the acute and ... observed with much regret , while the first edition of this work was passing through the press , ( August 1790 ) ...
... observations on the country and people are extremely correct , judicious , and instructive . ' Mr. Tytler , the acute and ... observed with much regret , while the first edition of this work was passing through the press , ( August 1790 ) ...
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