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... bookseller , and that John- son wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it ; and I am pretty sure he told me , that Mr. Cave was the first pub- lisher by whom his pen was ...
... bookseller , and that John- son wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it ; and I am pretty sure he told me , that Mr. Cave was the first pub- lisher by whom his pen was ...
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... bookseller , who counts the lines he is to purchase , and considers nothing but the bulk . I cannot help taking no- tice , that besides what the author may hope for on account of his abilities , he has likewise another claim to your re ...
... bookseller , who counts the lines he is to purchase , and considers nothing but the bulk . I cannot help taking no- tice , that besides what the author may hope for on account of his abilities , he has likewise another claim to your re ...
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... booksellers , none of whom would purchase it . To this circumstance Mr. Derrick alludes in the following lines of his Fortune , a Rhapsody : Will no kind patron JOHNSON own ? Shall JOHNSON friendless range the town ? And every publisher ...
... booksellers , none of whom would purchase it . To this circumstance Mr. Derrick alludes in the following lines of his Fortune , a Rhapsody : Will no kind patron JOHNSON own ? Shall JOHNSON friendless range the town ? And every publisher ...
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... booksellers ; which has been his only subsistence for some time past . " I fear there is more difficulty in this affair , than those good - natured gentlemen apprehend ; especially as their election cannot be delayed longer than the ...
... booksellers ; which has been his only subsistence for some time past . " I fear there is more difficulty in this affair , than those good - natured gentlemen apprehend ; especially as their election cannot be delayed longer than the ...
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... booksellers . " But although he corresponded with Mr. Cave concern- ing a translation of Crousaz's Examen of Pope's Essay on Man , and gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the preface ...
... booksellers . " But although he corresponded with Mr. Cave concern- ing a translation of Crousaz's Examen of Pope's Essay on Man , and gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the preface ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Visualização integral - 1857 |
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