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 xv
... thought that the general appearance of Mr. Boswell's work would be im- proved , would cover pages . The dates all are brought from the end to the beginning of every letter . The addresses , invariably set out with all formality by ...
... thought that the general appearance of Mr. Boswell's work would be im- proved , would cover pages . The dates all are brought from the end to the beginning of every letter . The addresses , invariably set out with all formality by ...
Page xxvii
... thought he would have accepted five hundred pounds . Indeed , the publishers did not seem eager to give him a good price ; and this may have determined him to publish it himself.— Letters to Malone , ap . Croker . 2 " You cannot imagine ...
... thought he would have accepted five hundred pounds . Indeed , the publishers did not seem eager to give him a good price ; and this may have determined him to publish it himself.— Letters to Malone , ap . Croker . 2 " You cannot imagine ...
Page xxviii
... thought ridiculously ostentatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes had to run half over London in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accom- plished , I well knew would obtain me ...
... thought ridiculously ostentatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes had to run half over London in order to fix a date correctly ; which , when I had accom- plished , I well knew would obtain me ...
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... thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud ...
... thought . Long since I learn'd to slight this fleeting breath , And view with cheerful eyes approaching death . The inexorable sisters have decreed That Priam's house , and Priam's self shall bleed : The day will come , in which proud ...
Page 26
... thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady application.1 He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner ...
... thought idleness , and was scolded by his father for his want of steady application.1 He had no settled plan of life , nor looked forward at all , but merely lived from day to day . Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner ...
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