The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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Page xxi
... obliging information regarding the portraits of Johnson ; my neighbour and friend the Rev. J. R. Pilling , Rector of Wells , for many ingenious verifications out of the stores of his capacious and accurate memory . It would not be less ...
... obliging information regarding the portraits of Johnson ; my neighbour and friend the Rev. J. R. Pilling , Rector of Wells , for many ingenious verifications out of the stores of his capacious and accurate memory . It would not be less ...
Page xxxiii
... be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , my dear Sir , your much obliged friend and faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , 20th April , 1791 . I MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS . TO THE FIRST EDITION DEDICATION . xxxiii.
... be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , my dear Sir , your much obliged friend and faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , 20th April , 1791 . I MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS . TO THE FIRST EDITION DEDICATION . xxxiii.
Page xxxiv
... obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly : which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may ...
... obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly : which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may ...
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... oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , " I think I have read , " or " If I remember right , " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those who have ...
... oblige every author to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce them with , " I think I have read , " or " If I remember right , " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those who have ...
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... obliging friend . 1 See Mr. Malone's Preface to his edition of Shakspeare . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our xxxvi MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS . Mr Boswell's advertisements to the first and second editions.
... obliging friend . 1 See Mr. Malone's Preface to his edition of Shakspeare . In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our xxxvi MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS . Mr Boswell's advertisements to the first and second editions.
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