The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 2Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851 |
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... edition , to let you know , that we shall print the tragedies first , and shall therefore want first the notes which belong to them . We think not to incommode the readers with a supplement ; and therefore , what we cannot put into its ...
... edition , to let you know , that we shall print the tragedies first , and shall therefore want first the notes which belong to them . We think not to incommode the readers with a supplement ; and therefore , what we cannot put into its ...
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... EDITIONS OF THE " DICTIONARY " AND " SHAKSPEARE " PUBLISHED.- GEORGE STEEVENS . - LETTER TO BOSWELL , WHO RE - VISITS ... edition of his folio Dictionary with additions and corrections ; nor did he , so far as is known , furnish any ...
... EDITIONS OF THE " DICTIONARY " AND " SHAKSPEARE " PUBLISHED.- GEORGE STEEVENS . - LETTER TO BOSWELL , WHO RE - VISITS ... edition of his folio Dictionary with additions and corrections ; nor did he , so far as is known , furnish any ...
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... editions of Walton's Lives . By way of adapting the book to the taste of the present age , they have , in a late edition , left out a vision which he relates Dr. Donne had , but it should be restored ; and there should be a critical ...
... editions of Walton's Lives . By way of adapting the book to the taste of the present age , they have , in a late edition , left out a vision which he relates Dr. Donne had , but it should be restored ; and there should be a critical ...
Contents
Frontispiece Johnsons interview with George III | 6 |
Johnsons fit of laughter at the Temple Gate from an original drawing 170 | 7 |
17661767 | 9 |
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