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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... written in the margin of the copy which he had in part revised , are here faithfully preserved ; and a few new Notes have been added , principally by some of those friends to whom the author in the former editions acknowledged his ...
... written in the margin of the copy which he had in part revised , are here faithfully preserved ; and a few new Notes have been added , principally by some of those friends to whom the author in the former editions acknowledged his ...
Page xxvii
... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been ... written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and ...
... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been ... written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and ...
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... written the age , and time of death , of the author Z. Williams , as I have said above . On another blank leaf , is pasted a paragraph from a newspaper , of the death and character of Williams , which is plainly written by Johnson . He ...
... written the age , and time of death , of the author Z. Williams , as I have said above . On another blank leaf , is pasted a paragraph from a newspaper , of the death and character of Williams , which is plainly written by Johnson . He ...
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