The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Authors, English |
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James Boswell John Wilson Croker. 1 Engraved by E. Finden DR JOHNSON . From a Miniature worn in a bracelet by Mr Johnson ; now in the pofsefsion of MPearson . OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL. London , Published by John ...
James Boswell John Wilson Croker. 1 Engraved by E. Finden DR JOHNSON . From a Miniature worn in a bracelet by Mr Johnson ; now in the pofsefsion of MPearson . OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL. London , Published by John ...
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James Boswell John Wilson Croker. OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES . BY JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . A NEW EDITION . WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES , BY JOHN WILSON CROKER , LL . D. F. R.S. Quò fit ut ...
James Boswell John Wilson Croker. OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES . BY JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . A NEW EDITION . WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES , BY JOHN WILSON CROKER , LL . D. F. R.S. Quò fit ut ...
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... Johnson's letters to his absent friends ; but much the largest , and , for this purpose , the most valuable part of his corre- spondence was out of his reach , namely , that which Dr. Johnson for twenty years maintained with Mrs. Thrale ...
... Johnson's letters to his absent friends ; but much the largest , and , for this purpose , the most valuable part of his corre- spondence was out of his reach , namely , that which Dr. Johnson for twenty years maintained with Mrs. Thrale ...
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... Johnson's talents for letter - writing , than as notices of his domestic and social life during the intervals of Mr. Boswell's narrative . Indeed , as letters , few of Johnson's can have any great charm for the com- mon reader ; they ...
... Johnson's talents for letter - writing , than as notices of his domestic and social life during the intervals of Mr. Boswell's narrative . Indeed , as letters , few of Johnson's can have any great charm for the com- mon reader ; they ...
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... Johnson should have been published without the addition of this , the most original , curious , and amusing portion of the whole biography . The Prayers and Meditations , published with rather too much haste after Johnson's death by Dr ...
... Johnson should have been published without the addition of this , the most original , curious , and amusing portion of the whole biography . The Prayers and Meditations , published with rather too much haste after Johnson's death by Dr ...
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