The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Band 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , is unrivalled . Like the celebrated Epilogue to the " Distressed Mother , " it was , during the season , often called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages of ...
... English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , is unrivalled . Like the celebrated Epilogue to the " Distressed Mother , " it was , during the season , often called for by the audience . The most striking and brilliant passages of ...
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... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : " An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : " An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
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... English ; the structure of his sentences is French . Now the French structure and the English struc- ture may , in the nature of things , be equally good . But if you allow that the English language is established , he is wrong . My ...
... English ; the structure of his sentences is French . Now the French structure and the English struc- ture may , in the nature of things , be equally good . But if you allow that the English language is established , he is wrong . My ...
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List of Illustrations | xiv |
Mr Boswells Advertisements | xx |
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