The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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Page vii
... a reverential feeling , and , above all , is conceived in the spirit of that admirable view of Boswell's work and characte which you gave to the world many years ago . PERCY FITZGERALD . PROPOSALS FOR A 1 NEW EDITION OF MR . BOSWELL'S.
... a reverential feeling , and , above all , is conceived in the spirit of that admirable view of Boswell's work and characte which you gave to the world many years ago . PERCY FITZGERALD . PROPOSALS FOR A 1 NEW EDITION OF MR . BOSWELL'S.
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... gave in my " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion . the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my ...
... gave in my " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion . the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my ...
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... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left , of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
... gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left , of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose property they were , he endeavoured to extract the substance ...
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... gave to Miss Williams , his birth occurred at four o'clock in the afternoon . Dr. Samuel Swinfen was his godfather , and after him he was probably named . He was put to nurse to " one Marclew , commonly of which an ignorant panegyrist ...
... gave to Miss Williams , his birth occurred at four o'clock in the afternoon . Dr. Samuel Swinfen was his godfather , and after him he was probably named . He was put to nurse to " one Marclew , commonly of which an ignorant panegyrist ...
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... gave me ; and that there was a cat with a white collar , and a dog called Chops , that leaped over a stick ; but I know not whether I remember the thing , or the talk of it . I remember a boy crying at the palace when I went to be ...
... gave me ; and that there was a cat with a white collar , and a dog called Chops , that leaped over a stick ; but I know not whether I remember the thing , or the talk of it . I remember a boy crying at the palace when I went to be ...
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