The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... . Tom Tyers was a favourite ; his vivacity and eccen- tricity endeared him to Johnson , and this essay in the " Gentleman's Magazine " confirms the justice of Boswell's remark , that Tyers had lived with Johnson in as.
... . Tom Tyers was a favourite ; his vivacity and eccen- tricity endeared him to Johnson , and this essay in the " Gentleman's Magazine " confirms the justice of Boswell's remark , that Tyers had lived with Johnson in as.
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... Essay on the Life , Character , and Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson . " Born March , 1737 , he was the son of a second - hand bookseller in Southwark . His access to books , which he enjoyed from an early age , seems to have been his ...
... Essay on the Life , Character , and Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson . " Born March , 1737 , he was the son of a second - hand bookseller in Southwark . His access to books , which he enjoyed from an early age , seems to have been his ...
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... Essay on the Life , Character , and Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson " will , however , reward study . We miss , indeed , the charm of original anecdotes and conversa- tions . Of these Towers has none , except those which he had derived ...
... Essay on the Life , Character , and Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson " will , however , reward study . We miss , indeed , the charm of original anecdotes and conversa- tions . Of these Towers has none , except those which he had derived ...
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... Essay on Milton 180-183 Booksellers concerned and price stipulated The Plan addressed to Lord Chesterfield Assistants employed for the mechanical parts . The Club in Ivy Lane The Vanity of Human Wishes published . Garrick brings out ...
... Essay on Milton 180-183 Booksellers concerned and price stipulated The Plan addressed to Lord Chesterfield Assistants employed for the mechanical parts . The Club in Ivy Lane The Vanity of Human Wishes published . Garrick brings out ...
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... essays in The London Magazine , under the title of the Hypochondriack , seventy in number , commencing in 1777 , and carried on till 1783. - Croker . Jan. 29th , 1791 , Boswell writes thus to Mr. Malone : - " I have , for some weeks ...
... essays in The London Magazine , under the title of the Hypochondriack , seventy in number , commencing in 1777 , and carried on till 1783. - Croker . Jan. 29th , 1791 , Boswell writes thus to Mr. Malone : - " I have , for some weeks ...
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