Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebride and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1 |
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... expressed in an easy style , that I should injure it by any alteration : ' When Johnson came to Oxford in 1754 ' , the long vacation was beginning , and most people were leaving the place . This was the first time of his being there ...
... expressed in an easy style , that I should injure it by any alteration : ' When Johnson came to Oxford in 1754 ' , the long vacation was beginning , and most people were leaving the place . This was the first time of his being there ...
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... expressed a regret that I could not be so easy with my father 3 , though he was not much older than Johnson , and ... expression in them is interpreted unfavourably . To give you an instance , I send you a letter I had from him a few ...
... expressed a regret that I could not be so easy with my father 3 , though he was not much older than Johnson , and ... expression in them is interpreted unfavourably . To give you an instance , I send you a letter I had from him a few ...
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... expressed regret at the omission of this from the fourth edition ( 1794 ) , Percy writes : ' Besides my reason for ... expression , sentiment , or observation of any kind besides , was suggested by him in the whole three volumes ' ( R ...
... expressed regret at the omission of this from the fourth edition ( 1794 ) , Percy writes : ' Besides my reason for ... expression , sentiment , or observation of any kind besides , was suggested by him in the whole three volumes ' ( R ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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