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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... Letters have been transposed , and shifted here and there , on account of some assumed inconsistency ; dates have been altered ... letter from the late Sir John Floyer , in recommendation of the cold bath . - Bos- WELL . " At p . 121 the ...
... Letters have been transposed , and shifted here and there , on account of some assumed inconsistency ; dates have been altered ... letter from the late Sir John Floyer , in recommendation of the cold bath . - Bos- WELL . " At p . 121 the ...
Page xiii
... letter of November 21 , 1754 , which is also omitted . To the same letter Boswell has given a note- " communicated to me by Mr. Thraston , who had the original " --which is again omitted . At p . 108 a new letter of Warton's is inserted ...
... letter of November 21 , 1754 , which is also omitted . To the same letter Boswell has given a note- " communicated to me by Mr. Thraston , who had the original " --which is again omitted . At p . 108 a new letter of Warton's is inserted ...
Page xiv
... letter is placed between brackets , as if from the " Reynolds's MSS . , " but it really belongs to Boswell's text . P. 697 , a note of Malone's , beginning " The follow- ing letters , " & c . , is brought into the text ; so at p . 666 ...
... letter is placed between brackets , as if from the " Reynolds's MSS . , " but it really belongs to Boswell's text . P. 697 , a note of Malone's , beginning " The follow- ing letters , " & c . , is brought into the text ; so at p . 666 ...
Page xv
... letter . The addresses , invariably set out with all formality by Boswell , such as " Dr. Johnson to the Right ... letters , which had been fixed in their proper places by the author himself . Such removal does violence to the text ...
... letter . The addresses , invariably set out with all formality by Boswell , such as " Dr. Johnson to the Right ... letters , which had been fixed in their proper places by the author himself . Such removal does violence to the text ...
Page xvii
... letters are not presented nakedly , merely as letters , but as illustrations of a particular incident or period . It will be seen , therefore , that the abrupt insertion of stray letters , wherever a suitable crevice offered between ...
... letters are not presented nakedly , merely as letters , but as illustrations of a particular incident or period . It will be seen , therefore , that the abrupt insertion of stray letters , wherever a suitable crevice offered between ...
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