The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... respect Johnson . Her " Anecdotes , " with all abatements made , must ever take high rank among the books which help us to understand him . Readers will , therefore , find them occu- pying the first place in the volume entitled ...
... respect Johnson . Her " Anecdotes , " with all abatements made , must ever take high rank among the books which help us to understand him . Readers will , therefore , find them occu- pying the first place in the volume entitled ...
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... respect . " The most important addi- tion , " says Mr. Croker in his Preface , " which I have made is one that needs no apology - the incorporation with the ' Life ' of the whole of the ' Tour to the Hebrides , ' — which , " he adds ...
... respect . " The most important addi- tion , " says Mr. Croker in his Preface , " which I have made is one that needs no apology - the incorporation with the ' Life ' of the whole of the ' Tour to the Hebrides , ' — which , " he adds ...
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... of Mr. Croker's notes have been removed , but not , I believe , a single note that was needed to elucidate the text , and which in any respect fulfilled this purpose . work of his author , But the business of His xviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... of Mr. Croker's notes have been removed , but not , I believe , a single note that was needed to elucidate the text , and which in any respect fulfilled this purpose . work of his author , But the business of His xviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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... respect , this work will in some passages be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect , this work will in some passages be different from the former . In my " Tour , " I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
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... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far beyond that of any other ...
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far beyond that of any other ...
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