The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1835 |
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... Earl . - Bolingbroke's Works edited by Mallet . - Johnson visits Oxford for the Purpose of consulting the Libraries . His Conversations with Mr. Warton , Mr. Wise , and others . Sir Robert Cham- bers . Letters to Warton . Collins ...
... Earl . - Bolingbroke's Works edited by Mallet . - Johnson visits Oxford for the Purpose of consulting the Libraries . His Conversations with Mr. Warton , Mr. Wise , and others . Sir Robert Cham- bers . Letters to Warton . Collins ...
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... Earl . - His Papers in " The World , " in Recom- - mendation of the Dictionary . -Bolingbroke's Works edited by Mallet . Johnson visits Oxford for the Purpose of consulting the His Conversations with Mr. Warton , - Libraries . Mr. Wise ...
... Earl . - His Papers in " The World , " in Recom- - mendation of the Dictionary . -Bolingbroke's Works edited by Mallet . Johnson visits Oxford for the Purpose of consulting the His Conversations with Mr. Warton , - Libraries . Mr. Wise ...
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... EARL OF CHESTERFIELD . " February 7. 1755 . " MY LORD , -I have been lately informed , by the pro- prietor of The World , ' that two papers , in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public , were written by your lordship . To be so ...
... EARL OF CHESTERFIELD . " February 7. 1755 . " MY LORD , -I have been lately informed , by the pro- prietor of The World , ' that two papers , in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public , were written by your lordship . To be so ...
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... Earl of Macclesfield , who pub- lished , in 1751 , a learned pamphlet on the alteration of the style , and was , in 1752 , elected President of the Royal Society . Lord Macclesfield's manner was , no doubt , awkward and em- barrassed ...
... Earl of Macclesfield , who pub- lished , in 1751 , a learned pamphlet on the alteration of the style , and was , in 1752 , elected President of the Royal Society . Lord Macclesfield's manner was , no doubt , awkward and em- barrassed ...
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... Earl of Eldon , and afterwards ( like them ) a member of University College . It was by visiting Chambers , when a fellow of University , that Johnson became acquainted with Lord Stowell ; and when Chambers went to India , Lord Stowell ...
... Earl of Eldon , and afterwards ( like them ) a member of University College . It was by visiting Chambers , when a fellow of University , that Johnson became acquainted with Lord Stowell ; and when Chambers went to India , Lord Stowell ...
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