The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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... Letter to Harry Jack- Mrs. Boswell . Visit to Ashbourne . son . - - Sidney's " Arcadia . " - - Projected Trip to the - Baltic . - Grief for the Loss of Relatives and Friends . Incomes of Curates . - Johnson's humane and zealous In ...
... Letter to Harry Jack- Mrs. Boswell . Visit to Ashbourne . son . - - Sidney's " Arcadia . " - - Projected Trip to the - Baltic . - Grief for the Loss of Relatives and Friends . Incomes of Curates . - Johnson's humane and zealous In ...
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... letter , which might be struck with different puncheons — The regular simi- litude of most letters proves better that they are metal - I saw nothing but the Speculum , which I had not seen , I think , before . - -- - " Thence to the ...
... letter , which might be struck with different puncheons — The regular simi- litude of most letters proves better that they are metal - I saw nothing but the Speculum , which I had not seen , I think , before . - -- - " Thence to the ...
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... letter , square like that of the Offices , perhaps the same -The Codex , by Fust and Gernsheym - Meursius , 12 v . fol . - Amadis , in French , 3 vol . fol . — CATHOLICON sine colophone , but of 1460 - Two other editions ( 3 ) , one by ...
... letter , square like that of the Offices , perhaps the same -The Codex , by Fust and Gernsheym - Meursius , 12 v . fol . - Amadis , in French , 3 vol . fol . — CATHOLICON sine colophone , but of 1460 - Two other editions ( 3 ) , one by ...
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... letter to Father Welch , the confessor , who came to visit us in the evening . -- " Sunday , Nov. 5. We saw the cathedral . It is very beautiful , with chapels on each side . The choir splendid . The balustrade in one part brass . The ...
... letter to Father Welch , the confessor , who came to visit us in the evening . -- " Sunday , Nov. 5. We saw the cathedral . It is very beautiful , with chapels on each side . The choir splendid . The balustrade in one part brass . The ...
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... letter written a few days after his return from France , he says , " The French have a clear air and a fruitful soil ; but their mode of common life is gross and incommodious , and disgusting . I am come home convinced that no improve ...
... letter written a few days after his return from France , he says , " The French have a clear air and a fruitful soil ; but their mode of common life is gross and incommodious , and disgusting . I am come home convinced that no improve ...
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