The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1846 - Authors, English |
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... writing two papers in " The World , " in recommend- ation of the work : and it must be confessed , that they contain some studied compliments , so finely turned , that if there had been no previous offence , it is probable that Johnson ...
... writing two papers in " The World , " in recommend- ation of the work : and it must be confessed , that they contain some studied compliments , so finely turned , that if there had been no previous offence , it is probable that Johnson ...
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... writing . This he gave to Mr. Langton ; adding , that if it were to come into print , he wished it to be from that copy . By Mr. Langton's kindness , I am enabled to enrich my work with a perfect transcript of what the world has so ...
... writing . This he gave to Mr. Langton ; adding , that if it were to come into print , he wished it to be from that copy . By Mr. Langton's kindness , I am enabled to enrich my work with a perfect transcript of what the world has so ...
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... written by your lordship . To be so distinguished , is an honour , which , being very little accustomed to favours from the great , I know not well how to receive , or in what terms to acknowledge . " When , upon some slight ...
... written by your lordship . To be so distinguished , is an honour , which , being very little accustomed to favours from the great , I know not well how to receive , or in what terms to acknowledge . " When , upon some slight ...
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... written with great acrimony . Lord Chesterfield indeed commends and recommends Mr. Johnson's Dictionary in two or three numbers of The World : ' but not words alone please him . ' " - Biog . Sketch , p . 7.-C. ( 1 ) The following note ...
... written with great acrimony . Lord Chesterfield indeed commends and recommends Mr. Johnson's Dictionary in two or three numbers of The World : ' but not words alone please him . ' " - Biog . Sketch , p . 7.-C. ( 1 ) The following note ...
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... written his letter to Lord Chesterfield . Dodsley , with the true feelings of trade , said " he was very sorry too ; for that he had a property in the Dictionary , to which his lordship's patronage might have been of consequence . " He ...
... written his letter to Lord Chesterfield . Dodsley , with the true feelings of trade , said " he was very sorry too ; for that he had a property in the Dictionary , to which his lordship's patronage might have been of consequence . " He ...
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