The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.W. P. Ninno, Hay & Mitchell, 1890 - 562 pages |
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Page xii
... obliged to run half over London in order to fix a date correctly , which , when I had accomplished , I well knew ... oblige every author to at- tend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , ' I think I have read ...
... obliged to run half over London in order to fix a date correctly , which , when I had accomplished , I well knew ... oblige every author to at- tend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , ' I think I have read ...
Page xiii
... obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition by way of Addenda , as commo- diously as he could . In revising his volumes for a new edition , he had pointed out where some of these materials should be inserted ; but , unfortunately ...
... obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition by way of Addenda , as commo- diously as he could . In revising his volumes for a new edition , he had pointed out where some of these materials should be inserted ; but , unfortunately ...
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... obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the other's life of Boileau , where there is such a dull , heavy succession of long quotations of disinteresting passages , that it makes their method quite nauseous . But the verbose ...
... obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the other's life of Boileau , where there is such a dull , heavy succession of long quotations of disinteresting passages , that it makes their method quite nauseous . But the verbose ...
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... obliged in so many instances to notice Mrs. Piozzi's incorrectness of relation , that I gladly seize this opportunity of acknowledging that , however often , she is not always inaccurate . The author having been drawn into a controversy ...
... obliged in so many instances to notice Mrs. Piozzi's incorrectness of relation , that I gladly seize this opportunity of acknowledging that , however often , she is not always inaccurate . The author having been drawn into a controversy ...
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... obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friendship as by your many excellent and valuable qualifications ; and had I ...
... obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well by an early friendship as by your many excellent and valuable qualifications ; and had I ...
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