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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... Rambler " -His Prayer on commencing the Undertaking - Obligations to Correspondents - Adversaria - Success of the Rambler - Collected into Volumes- " Beauties " of the Rambler - Writes a Prologue , to be spoken by Garrick , for the ...
... Rambler " -His Prayer on commencing the Undertaking - Obligations to Correspondents - Adversaria - Success of the Rambler - Collected into Volumes- " Beauties " of the Rambler - Writes a Prologue , to be spoken by Garrick , for the ...
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... Rambler had come out , " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written anything equal to this . " Distant praise , from whatever quarter , is not so delightful as 1 I doubt if Colman wrote in this work ...
... Rambler had come out , " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written anything equal to this . " Distant praise , from whatever quarter , is not so delightful as 1 I doubt if Colman wrote in this work ...
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... Rambler has increased in fame as in age . Soon after its first folio edition was concluded , it was published in six duodecimo volumes ; ' and its author lived to see ten numerous editions of it in London , besides those of Ireland and ...
... Rambler has increased in fame as in age . Soon after its first folio edition was concluded , it was published in six duodecimo volumes ; ' and its author lived to see ten numerous editions of it in London , besides those of Ireland and ...
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