The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... RC MAY 2454 FEB 1 0 1956 J N NOV 1961 JR MAY 22 1969 M JUL 29 1980 E Cornell University Library PR 3533.B74 1912 v.1-3 The life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. 3 1924 013 186 873 on Library of English Classics BOSWELL Front Cover.
... RC MAY 2454 FEB 1 0 1956 J N NOV 1961 JR MAY 22 1969 M JUL 29 1980 E Cornell University Library PR 3533.B74 1912 v.1-3 The life of Samuel Johnson , LL.D. 3 1924 013 186 873 on Library of English Classics BOSWELL Front Cover.
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... Universities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me , I was the best quali- fied for the University ...
... Universities , where they seldom read any books but what are put into their hands by their tutors ; so that when I came to Oxford , Dr. Adams , now master of Pembroke College , told me , I was the best quali- fied for the University ...
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... University . It is said , that Mr. Pope expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he ...
... University . It is said , that Mr. Pope expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he ...
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... Universities abroad . I'll go to France and Italy . I'll go to Padua . - And I'll mind my business . For an Athenian blockhead is the worst of all blockheads . " 1 Dr. Adams told me that Johnson , while he was at Pembroke College ...
... Universities abroad . I'll go to France and Italy . I'll go to Padua . - And I'll mind my business . For an Athenian blockhead is the worst of all blockheads . " 1 Dr. Adams told me that Johnson , while he was at Pembroke College ...
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... University , and having found that Mr. Bateman , of Christ - Church , was the tutor of highest reputation , Taylor was entered of that College . Mr. Bateman's lectures were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second ...
... University , and having found that Mr. Bateman , of Christ - Church , was the tutor of highest reputation , Taylor was entered of that College . Mr. Bateman's lectures were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second ...
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