The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 - Authors, English |
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... seems to have emulated Boswell himself in his laborious exertions after accuracy . Yet , with all this labour , it may be questioned if Dr. Birkbeck Hill's edition of Boswell has reached the true ideal . It seems to be overloaded ...
... seems to have emulated Boswell himself in his laborious exertions after accuracy . Yet , with all this labour , it may be questioned if Dr. Birkbeck Hill's edition of Boswell has reached the true ideal . It seems to be overloaded ...
Page 156
... seems to me to be a proof of it . Nothing can be more rationally imagined , or more accurately and elegantly expressed . I therefore recommend the previous perusal of it to all those who intend to buy the Dictionary , and who , I ...
... seems to me to be a proof of it . Nothing can be more rationally imagined , or more accurately and elegantly expressed . I therefore recommend the previous perusal of it to all those who intend to buy the Dictionary , and who , I ...
Page 450
... seems to despond ; and the dissenters , though they have taken advantage of unsettled times , and a government much enfeebled , seem not likely to gain any immunities . " Dr. Goldsmith has a new comedy in rehearsal at Covent - Garden ...
... seems to despond ; and the dissenters , though they have taken advantage of unsettled times , and a government much enfeebled , seem not likely to gain any immunities . " Dr. Goldsmith has a new comedy in rehearsal at Covent - Garden ...
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