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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... received his letter , which had been returned from Scot- land . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " MY DEAR BOSWELL , 66 Oxford , March 23 , 1768 . " I have omitted a long time to write to you , without knowing very well why . I could now tell ...
... received his letter , which had been returned from Scot- land . " TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . " MY DEAR BOSWELL , 66 Oxford , March 23 , 1768 . " I have omitted a long time to write to you , without knowing very well why . I could now tell ...
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... received the copy of Rasselas . The impression is not magnificent , but it flatters an author , because the printer seems to have expected that it would be scattered among the people . The little book has been well received , and is ...
... received the copy of Rasselas . The impression is not magnificent , but it flatters an author , because the printer seems to have expected that it would be scattered among the people . The little book has been well received , and is ...
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... received Sir A.'s1 letter . ! The author was not a small gainer by this extraordinary journey ; for Dr. Johnson thus writes to Mrs. Thrale , Nov. 3 , 1773 : " Boswell will praise my resolution an perseverance , and I shall in return ...
... received Sir A.'s1 letter . ! The author was not a small gainer by this extraordinary journey ; for Dr. Johnson thus writes to Mrs. Thrale , Nov. 3 , 1773 : " Boswell will praise my resolution an perseverance , and I shall in return ...
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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