The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... , Esq . Quo fit ut OMNIS Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella VITA SENIS.— HORAT . IN TWO VOLUMES . LONDON : PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY . MDCCXCI . EDITOR'S PREFACE . HORTLY after the death of Johnson -
... , Esq . Quo fit ut OMNIS Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella VITA SENIS.— HORAT . IN TWO VOLUMES . LONDON : PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN , FOR CHARLES DILLY , IN THE POULTRY . MDCCXCI . EDITOR'S PREFACE . HORTLY after the death of Johnson -
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... volume " Johnsoniana , ” p . 171-193 . Boswell , though he refused to avail himself to any great extent of this sketch , admits that it may be regarded as " an entertaining little collection of fragments " ( vol . iii . , P. 24 ) . Tom ...
... volume " Johnsoniana , ” p . 171-193 . Boswell , though he refused to avail himself to any great extent of this sketch , admits that it may be regarded as " an entertaining little collection of fragments " ( vol . iii . , P. 24 ) . Tom ...
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... volume of 197 pages 12m0 . - which has become exceedingly rare . From the notices of Shaw which we find in Boswell , and especially from the statements of Shaw himself in this little volume , the chief particulars regarding his ...
... volume of 197 pages 12m0 . - which has become exceedingly rare . From the notices of Shaw which we find in Boswell , and especially from the statements of Shaw himself in this little volume , the chief particulars regarding his ...
Page ix
... volume of Memoirs he tells us that he had been favoured with contributions from Mrs. Desmoulins , Thomas Davies of Covent Garden , and , above all , from Mr. Elphinston , who had introduced him to Johnson . Omitting for the present any ...
... volume of Memoirs he tells us that he had been favoured with contributions from Mrs. Desmoulins , Thomas Davies of Covent Garden , and , above all , from Mr. Elphinston , who had introduced him to Johnson . Omitting for the present any ...
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... volume entitled " Johnsoniana . " 2 Dr. Joseph Towers followed ( 1786 ) in “ An 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 ...
... volume entitled " Johnsoniana . " 2 Dr. Joseph Towers followed ( 1786 ) in “ An 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 ...
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