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Page iii
... JOHN WILSON CROKER , LL . D. F. R.S. Quò fit ut OMNIS Votivâ pateat veluti descripta tabellâ VITA SENIS- HORAT . 1 Sat. lib . ii . IN FIVE VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE - STREET . MDCCCXXXI . PR353 36 Vil PREFACE ...
... JOHN WILSON CROKER , LL . D. F. R.S. Quò fit ut OMNIS Votivâ pateat veluti descripta tabellâ VITA SENIS- HORAT . 1 Sat. lib . ii . IN FIVE VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE - STREET . MDCCCXXXI . PR353 36 Vil PREFACE ...
Page ix
... John Hawkins , Mrs. Piozzi , Dr. Strahan , Mr. Tyers , Mr. Nichols , and many others , had anticipated much of what he would have been glad to tell . Some squabbles about copy- right had warned him that he must not avail him- self of ...
... John Hawkins , Mrs. Piozzi , Dr. Strahan , Mr. Tyers , Mr. Nichols , and many others , had anticipated much of what he would have been glad to tell . Some squabbles about copy- right had warned him that he must not avail him- self of ...
Page xiv
... John- son seems to have given Dr. Strahan a confused bundle of loose papers - scraps , half - sheets , and a few leaves stitched together . The greater part of these papers were the Prayers , the publication of which , no doubt , ( for ...
... John- son seems to have given Dr. Strahan a confused bundle of loose papers - scraps , half - sheets , and a few leaves stitched together . The greater part of these papers were the Prayers , the publication of which , no doubt , ( for ...
Page xvi
... John Courtenay , Esq . in 4to . But besides these printed materials , the editor has been favoured with many papers connected with Dr. Johnson , his life , and society , hitherto unpub- lished . Of course , his first inquiries were ...
... John Courtenay , Esq . in 4to . But besides these printed materials , the editor has been favoured with many papers connected with Dr. Johnson , his life , and society , hitherto unpub- lished . Of course , his first inquiries were ...
Page xix
... John- son1 . The authenticity and general accuracy of these Recollections cannot be doubted , and the editor has therefore admitted extracts from them into the text ; but as he did not receive the paper till a great portion of the work ...
... John- son1 . The authenticity and general accuracy of these Recollections cannot be doubted , and the editor has therefore admitted extracts from them into the text ; but as he did not receive the paper till a great portion of the work ...
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