The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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... of its gratifi- cations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver viii DEDICATION .
... of its gratifi- cations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL . London , April 20 , 1791 . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . I AT last deliver viii DEDICATION .
Page ix
... . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trou- ble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no.
... . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trou- ble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would obtain me no.
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... creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the other's life of Boileau , where B2 DR . JOHNSON . 3 of a diary and other papers as were left; ...
... creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the other's life of Boileau , where B2 DR . JOHNSON . 3 of a diary and other papers as were left; ...
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... obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel before he ventured to step over it . His schoolmistress , afraid that he might miss his way , or fall into the kennel , or be run over by a cart , followed him at ...
... obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel before he ventured to step over it . His schoolmistress , afraid that he might miss his way , or fall into the kennel , or be run over by a cart , followed him at ...
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... obliged in so many instances to notice Mrs. Piozzi's incorrectness of relation , that I gladly seize this opportunity of acknowledging that , however often , she is not always inaccurate . The author having been drawn into a controversy ...
... obliged in so many instances to notice Mrs. Piozzi's incorrectness of relation , that I gladly seize this opportunity of acknowledging that , however often , she is not always inaccurate . The author having been drawn into a controversy ...
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