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 : in Two Volumes, Volume 2Henry Baldwin, 1791 - Authors, English |
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... must be imputed , in a conßderable degree , to the extraordinary zeal which has been shewn by diftinguished persons in all quarters to supply me with additional information concerning its illuftrious Subject ; resembling in this the ...
... must be imputed , in a conßderable degree , to the extraordinary zeal which has been shewn by diftinguished persons in all quarters to supply me with additional information concerning its illuftrious Subject ; resembling in this the ...
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... Must they be passed by upon moral principles for ever , because they were once excluded by a legal prohibition ? Or may that which passed only to males by one law , pass likewise to females by another ? “ You mention your resolution to ...
... Must they be passed by upon moral principles for ever , because they were once excluded by a legal prohibition ? Or may that which passed only to males by one law , pass likewise to females by another ? “ You mention your resolution to ...
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... must tell Mrs. Boswell that I suspected her to have written without 1776 . your knowledge , and therefore did not return any answer , left a clandestine Acat . 67 . ' , correspondence should have been perniciously discovered . I will ...
... must tell Mrs. Boswell that I suspected her to have written without 1776 . your knowledge , and therefore did not return any answer , left a clandestine Acat . 67 . ' , correspondence should have been perniciously discovered . I will ...
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... must be , or our press will be useless with all its privileges . The Ærat . 67 . . booksellers , who , like all ... must be allowed ; and if books , printed at Oxford , are expected to be rated at a high price , that price must be levied ...
... must be , or our press will be useless with all its privileges . The Ærat . 67 . . booksellers , who , like all ... must be allowed ; and if books , printed at Oxford , are expected to be rated at a high price , that price must be levied ...
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... must charge Mr. Cadell with fomething less than fourteen . We must set the copies at fourteen shillings each , and superadd what is called the quarterly - book , or for every hundred books fo charged we must deliver an hundred and four ...
... must charge Mr. Cadell with fomething less than fourteen . We must set the copies at fourteen shillings each , and superadd what is called the quarterly - book , or for every hundred books fo charged we must deliver an hundred and four ...
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