The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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Page 83
... preface to vol . ii . of Johnson's Works , Oxford Ed .; and for the Epigram above referred to , see vol . i . p . 170 of the same . This learned and accomplished lady died in 1806 , at the advanced age of 89.-ED. That any such we what ...
... preface to vol . ii . of Johnson's Works , Oxford Ed .; and for the Epigram above referred to , see vol . i . p . 170 of the same . This learned and accomplished lady died in 1806 , at the advanced age of 89.-ED. That any such we what ...
Page 94
... preface , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained beyond all doubt , by the 4 The compositors in Mr. Cave's printing - office , who appear by this letter to have then waited for ...
... preface , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained beyond all doubt , by the 4 The compositors in Mr. Cave's printing - office , who appear by this letter to have then waited for ...
Page 96
James Boswell. a Life of Father Paul ; * and he wrote the preface to the volume , + which , though prefixed to it when bound , is al- ways published with the appendix , and is therefore the last composition belonging to it . The ability ...
James Boswell. a Life of Father Paul ; * and he wrote the preface to the volume , + which , though prefixed to it when bound , is al- ways published with the appendix , and is therefore the last composition belonging to it . The ability ...
Page 105
... preface , written by no inferiour hand . I must , however , observe , that although there is in those debates a wonderful store of political information , and very powerful eloquence , I cannot agree that they exhibit the manner of each ...
... preface , written by no inferiour hand . I must , however , observe , that although there is in those debates a wonderful store of political information , and very powerful eloquence , I cannot agree that they exhibit the manner of each ...
Page 106
... his letters to a friend , written in June , 1742 , it should seem that he then purposed to write a play on the subject of Charles the twelfth of Sweden , * Preface , the Parliamentary Debates , * Essay on 106 [ 1742 . THE LIFE OF.
... his letters to a friend , written in June , 1742 , it should seem that he then purposed to write a play on the subject of Charles the twelfth of Sweden , * Preface , the Parliamentary Debates , * Essay on 106 [ 1742 . THE LIFE OF.
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