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Page v
... - steak in Grub - street , " - where , strangely enough , and despite the definition in the Dictionary , he had never been before . almost daily vicissitudes of our vanishing London ! Temple Bar. ( BEING A CHAPTER ON JOHNSON'S LONDON ...
... - steak in Grub - street , " - where , strangely enough , and despite the definition in the Dictionary , he had never been before . almost daily vicissitudes of our vanishing London ! Temple Bar. ( BEING A CHAPTER ON JOHNSON'S LONDON ...
Page ix
... Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to Chesterfield , which is still the pride of independent men of letters . At Gough Square , in 1752 , he lost his wife ; and seven.
... Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to Chesterfield , which is still the pride of independent men of letters . At Gough Square , in 1752 , he lost his wife ; and seven.
Page xvii
... Dictionary , but issued London , and Irene , and the Vanity of Human Wishes . With another of the proprietors of the Dictionary , Andrew Millar , " over - against St. Clement's Church , in the Strand " ( No. 141 ) , he must also have ...
... Dictionary , but issued London , and Irene , and the Vanity of Human Wishes . With another of the proprietors of the Dictionary , Andrew Millar , " over - against St. Clement's Church , in the Strand " ( No. 141 ) , he must also have ...
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... DICTIONARY , how would it have burst upon the world ! with what eagerness would the great and the wealthy have embraced an opportunity of putting their sons under the learned tuition of SAMUEL JOHNSON . The truth , however , is , that ...
... DICTIONARY , how would it have burst upon the world ! with what eagerness would the great and the wealthy have embraced an opportunity of putting their sons under the learned tuition of SAMUEL JOHNSON . The truth , however , is , that ...
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... Dictionary . The eldest Mr. Macbean , who was with Mr. Chambers , has very good materials for such a work , which I have seen , and will do it at a very low rate.1 I think the terms of War and Navigation might be comprised , with good ...
... Dictionary . The eldest Mr. Macbean , who was with Mr. Chambers , has very good materials for such a work , which I have seen , and will do it at a very low rate.1 I think the terms of War and Navigation might be comprised , with good ...
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