The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. M. Dent & Company, 1931 |
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... collection ; but he is no otherwise answerable for any which are found there , or any which are omitted . - The poems of Goldsmith ( whose life I know he intended to write , for I collected some materials for it by his desire , ) were ...
... collection ; but he is no otherwise answerable for any which are found there , or any which are omitted . - The poems of Goldsmith ( whose life I know he intended to write , for I collected some materials for it by his desire , ) were ...
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... collection being made of all the English Poets who had published a volume of poems . Johnson told me , " that a Mr. Coxeter , 1 whom he knew , had gone the greatest length towards this ; having collected , I think , about five hundred ...
... collection being made of all the English Poets who had published a volume of poems . Johnson told me , " that a Mr. Coxeter , 1 whom he knew , had gone the greatest length towards this ; having collected , I think , about five hundred ...
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... collection called Johnsoniana ' has sold very much . " JOHNSON . " Yet the ' Journey to the Hebrides ' has not had a ... collection of his works . [ Another edition has been printed since Mr. Boswell wrote the above , besides repeated ...
... collection called Johnsoniana ' has sold very much . " JOHNSON . " Yet the ' Journey to the Hebrides ' has not had a ... collection of his works . [ Another edition has been printed since Mr. Boswell wrote the above , besides repeated ...
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