The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... Gentleman's Magazine , begun and carried on by Mr. Edward Cave , under the name of Sylvanus Urban , had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson , in an emi- nent degree , before he came to London as an adventurer in literature . He ...
... Gentleman's Magazine , begun and carried on by Mr. Edward Cave , under the name of Sylvanus Urban , had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson , in an emi- nent degree , before he came to London as an adventurer in literature . He ...
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... Gentleman's Magazine ; and exulting in his fancied success , he in 1750 ventured 1 Lest there should be any person , at any fu- ture period , absurd enough to suspect that John- son was a partaker in Lauder's fraud , or had any ...
... Gentleman's Magazine ; and exulting in his fancied success , he in 1750 ventured 1 Lest there should be any person , at any fu- ture period , absurd enough to suspect that John- son was a partaker in Lauder's fraud , or had any ...
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... Gentleman's Magazine for October , 1785 ( p . 764 ) , as his , and bears sufficient marks of authenticity . By the favour of Mr. Joseph Cooper Walker , of the treasury , Dublin , I have obtained a copy of the following letter from ...
... Gentleman's Magazine for October , 1785 ( p . 764 ) , as his , and bears sufficient marks of authenticity . By the favour of Mr. Joseph Cooper Walker , of the treasury , Dublin , I have obtained a copy of the following letter from ...
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