The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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... English poets . Johnson's only play , Irene , he carried with him when he first went to London from Lichfield in 1737. To persuade some theatrical impresario to produce it was one of the reasons for his trip . He was not successful ...
... English poets . Johnson's only play , Irene , he carried with him when he first went to London from Lichfield in 1737. To persuade some theatrical impresario to produce it was one of the reasons for his trip . He was not successful ...
Page xx
... English well- written . It should tell us his studies , his manner of life , the means by which he attained to excellence , his opinion of his own works , and such particulars . ' Four volumes of the English Poets appeared in 1779 ...
... English well- written . It should tell us his studies , his manner of life , the means by which he attained to excellence , his opinion of his own works , and such particulars . ' Four volumes of the English Poets appeared in 1779 ...
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... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : ' An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : ' An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
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