The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Ostick in Skie , September 30 , 1773 : " Boswell writes a regular journal of our travels , which I think contains as much of what I say and do , as of all other ... SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. To.
... Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Ostick in Skie , September 30 , 1773 : " Boswell writes a regular journal of our travels , which I think contains as much of what I say and do , as of all other ... SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. To.
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James Boswell. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled ...
James Boswell. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled ...
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... Johnson have been published ; the most volu- minous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think ...
... Johnson have been published ; the most volu- minous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think ...
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... SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , in Stafford- shire , on the eighteenth of September , N. S. 1709 ; and his initiation into the christian church was not delayed ; for his baptism is recorded , in the register of St. Mary's parish ...
... SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , in Stafford- shire , on the eighteenth of September , N. S. 1709 ; and his initiation into the christian church was not delayed ; for his baptism is recorded , in the register of St. Mary's parish ...
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... Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it what no child of three years old could pro- duce , without ...
... Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it had liv'd , it had been good luck , For then we'd had an odd one . There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it what no child of three years old could pro- duce , without ...
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