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, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
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... particular incidents , or with the writing of particular parts of his works . To some , this minute attention may appear trifling ; but when we consider the punctilious exactness with which the different houses in which Milton resided ...
... particular incidents , or with the writing of particular parts of his works . To some , this minute attention may appear trifling ; but when we consider the punctilious exactness with which the different houses in which Milton resided ...
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... particular place , and a particular hour , a fact which I had no apprehension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact , with all its circumstances , should afterwards be unquestionably proved , I should , in that case , be ...
... particular place , and a particular hour , a fact which I had no apprehension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact , with all its circumstances , should afterwards be unquestionably proved , I should , in that case , be ...
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