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... immediately wel- comed and was , indeed , the one work of Johnson's which won solid popularity during the author's lifetime . As Boswell says , it was ' extensively diffused over Europe ' in a variety of translations , and readers of ...
... immediately wel- comed and was , indeed , the one work of Johnson's which won solid popularity during the author's lifetime . As Boswell says , it was ' extensively diffused over Europe ' in a variety of translations , and readers of ...
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... immediately know , he could at least tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copious- ness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his ...
... immediately know , he could at least tell where to find . Such was his amplitude of learning , and such his copious- ness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some advantage from his ...
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