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... KING [ 1767 largest , he answered , All - Souls library is the largest we have , except the Bodleian . ' ' Aye , ( said the King , ) that is the publick library . ' His Majesty enquired if he was then writing any thing . He answered ...
... KING [ 1767 largest , he answered , All - Souls library is the largest we have , except the Bodleian . ' ' Aye , ( said the King , ) that is the publick library . ' His Majesty enquired if he was then writing any thing . He answered ...
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... KING [ 1767 a very curious observer ; and if he would have been con- tented to tell the world no more than he knew , he might have been a very considerable man , and needed not to have re- course to such mean expedients to raise his ...
... KING [ 1767 a very curious observer ; and if he would have been con- tented to tell the world no more than he knew , he might have been a very considerable man , and needed not to have re- course to such mean expedients to raise his ...
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... KING 119 And in the Hebrides he maintained , as appears from my Journal ' , that a man's intimate friend should mention his faults , if he writes his life . 6 He had this evening , partly , I suppose , from the spirit of contradiction ...
... KING 119 And in the Hebrides he maintained , as appears from my Journal ' , that a man's intimate friend should mention his faults , if he writes his life . 6 He had this evening , partly , I suppose , from the spirit of contradiction ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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