The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... present edition will recommend itself , both by its unparalleled cheapness and by the more sterling quality of careful and judicious annotation which it will be found to possess , to many thousands who have not hitherto had an ...
... present edition will recommend itself , both by its unparalleled cheapness and by the more sterling quality of careful and judicious annotation which it will be found to possess , to many thousands who have not hitherto had an ...
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... present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jor- den , who was to be his ...
... present , and gave me some account of what passed on the night of Johnson's arrival at Oxford . On that evening , his father , who had anxiously accompanied him , found means to have him introduced to Mr. Jor- den , who was to be his ...
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... present I now presume to make will not be thought improper , which , how- ever , it is not my business as a dedicator to com- mend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " It is reasonable to suppose , that his having been thus ...
... present I now presume to make will not be thought improper , which , how- ever , it is not my business as a dedicator to com- mend , nor as a bookseller to depreciate . " It is reasonable to suppose , that his having been thus ...
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... present under very disadvantageous circum- stances of fortune . I beg , therefore , that you will favour me with a letter to - morrow , that I may know what you can afford to allow him , that he may either part with it to you , or find ...
... present under very disadvantageous circum- stances of fortune . I beg , therefore , that you will favour me with a letter to - morrow , that I may know what you can afford to allow him , that he may either part with it to you , or find ...
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... present you were so kind as to send by me , and to entreat that you will be pleased to inform me by the penny - post , whether you resolve to print the poem . If you please to send it me by the post , with a note to Dodsley , I will go ...
... present you were so kind as to send by me , and to entreat that you will be pleased to inform me by the penny - post , whether you resolve to print the poem . If you please to send it me by the post , with a note to Dodsley , I will go ...
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