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Page xxix
... Authour in the dedica- tion of his labours , concurs in directing me to you , as the person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a ...
... Authour in the dedica- tion of his labours , concurs in directing me to you , as the person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a ...
Page xxxvi
... Authour for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit , Utile proposuit nobis examplar Ulyssen . Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this Book , I will give them a ...
... Authour for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit , Utile proposuit nobis examplar Ulyssen . Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this Book , I will give them a ...
Page xxxviii
... Authour too late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had endeavoured uniformly to observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition , by way of ADDENDA , as commodiously as he could . In the ...
... Authour too late to be arranged in that chronological order which he had endeavoured uniformly to observe in his work , he was obliged to introduce them in his Second Edition , by way of ADDENDA , as commodiously as he could . In the ...
Page xxxix
... authour may not be answerable for any thing which had not the sanction of his approbation . The remarks of his friends are distinguished as formerly , except those of Mr. MALONE , to which the letter M. is now subjoined . Those to which ...
... authour may not be answerable for any thing which had not the sanction of his approbation . The remarks of his friends are distinguished as formerly , except those of Mr. MALONE , to which the letter M. is now subjoined . Those to which ...
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... authour's second son , JAMES BOSWELL , of the Inner . Temple , Esq .; by which means many errours of the press , occasioned by repeated impressions , have been discovered . All these have been carefully amended . - Several new notes and ...
... authour's second son , JAMES BOSWELL , of the Inner . Temple , Esq .; by which means many errours of the press , occasioned by repeated impressions , have been discovered . All these have been carefully amended . - Several new notes and ...
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