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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... received of Mr. Ed . Cave , the sum of fifteen guineas , in full , for compiling and writing The Life of Richard Savage , Esq . , ' deceased ; and in full for all materials thereto applied , and not found by the said Edward Cave . I say ...
... received of Mr. Ed . Cave , the sum of fifteen guineas , in full , for compiling and writing The Life of Richard Savage , Esq . , ' deceased ; and in full for all materials thereto applied , and not found by the said Edward Cave . I say ...
Page 192
... received many valuable hints from his conver- sation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . That there should be a suspension of his literary labours during a part of the year 1752 , will not seem ...
... received many valuable hints from his conver- sation , most of his friends having been so assisted in the course of their works . That there should be a suspension of his literary labours during a part of the year 1752 , will not seem ...
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... received for a new work : it was as much as Johnson himself had received for the copyright of his best poetical production ; and when Dr. Madden , some years after , gave him the same sum for revising a work of his , Johnson said that ...
... received for a new work : it was as much as Johnson himself had received for the copyright of his best poetical production ; and when Dr. Madden , some years after , gave him the same sum for revising a work of his , Johnson said that ...
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