The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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Page 115
... Cave . These considerations , and some stupid lines in praise of Suffolk beauties , in the same volume , lead to a conjecture that Cave may have sent some verses of another corre- spondent , on Lady Firebrace , to Johnson to correct or ...
... Cave . These considerations , and some stupid lines in praise of Suffolk beauties , in the same volume , lead to a conjecture that Cave may have sent some verses of another corre- spondent , on Lady Firebrace , to Johnson to correct or ...
Page 116
... Cave concerning a trans- lation of Crousaz's Examen of Pope's Essay on Man , and gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the Preface , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ...
... Cave concerning a trans- lation of Crousaz's Examen of Pope's Essay on Man , and gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the Preface , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ...
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... Cave was the purchaser of the copyright , and the following is a copy of Johnson's receipt for the money : - " The 14th day of December , received of Mr. Ed . Cave , the sum of fifteen guineas , in full , for compiling and writing The ...
... Cave was the purchaser of the copyright , and the following is a copy of Johnson's receipt for the money : - " The 14th day of December , received of Mr. Ed . Cave , the sum of fifteen guineas , in full , for compiling and writing The ...
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