The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... Dodsley , Mr. Bouquet , Mr. Payne of Pa- ternoster - row , booksellers ; Mr. Strahan the printer ; the earl of ... Robert Levet , an obscure practiser in physick amongst the lower people , his fees being sometimes very small sums , some ...
... Dodsley , Mr. Bouquet , Mr. Payne of Pa- ternoster - row , booksellers ; Mr. Strahan the printer ; the earl of ... Robert Levet , an obscure practiser in physick amongst the lower people , his fees being sometimes very small sums , some ...
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... Robert Dodsley that he was sorry Johnson had written his letter to lord Chesterfield . Dodsley , with the true feelings of trade , said , " he was very sorry too ; for that he had a property in the Dictionary , to which his lordship's ...
... Robert Dodsley that he was sorry Johnson had written his letter to lord Chesterfield . Dodsley , with the true feelings of trade , said , " he was very sorry too ; for that he had a property in the Dictionary , to which his lordship's ...
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... Robert Dodsley , for writing the introduction to the Lon- don Chronicle , an evening newspaper ; and even in so slight a performance exhibited peculiar talents . This Chronicle still subsists ; and , from what I observed when I was ...
... Robert Dodsley , for writing the introduction to the Lon- don Chronicle , an evening newspaper ; and even in so slight a performance exhibited peculiar talents . This Chronicle still subsists ; and , from what I observed when I was ...
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