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To those which may be fully believed to be his from internal evidence , is added intern , evid . ] 1735. ABRIDGEMENT and translation of Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia . acknowl . 1738. Part of a translation of Father Paul Sarpi's History of ...
To those which may be fully believed to be his from internal evidence , is added intern , evid . ] 1735. ABRIDGEMENT and translation of Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia . acknowl . 1738. Part of a translation of Father Paul Sarpi's History of ...
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Address to the Reader . intern . evid . Appeal to the Publick in Behalf of the Editor . intern . evid . Considerations on the case of Dr. Trapp's Sermons ; a plausible attempt to prove that an authour's work may be abridged without ...
Address to the Reader . intern . evid . Appeal to the Publick in Behalf of the Editor . intern . evid . Considerations on the case of Dr. Trapp's Sermons ; a plausible attempt to prove that an authour's work may be abridged without ...
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Abridgement intitled , Foreign History . intern , evid . Essay on the Description of China , from the French of Du Halde . intern , evid . 1743. Dedication to Dr. Mead of Dr. James's Medicinal Dictionary , intern . evid For the ...
Abridgement intitled , Foreign History . intern , evid . Essay on the Description of China , from the French of Du Halde . intern , evid . 1743. Dedication to Dr. Mead of Dr. James's Medicinal Dictionary , intern . evid For the ...
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intern . evid . ' 1753. Dedication to John Earl of Orrery , of Shakspeare Illustrated , by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox . acknowl . During this and the following year he wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the Papers in the ...
intern . evid . ' 1753. Dedication to John Earl of Orrery , of Shakspeare Illustrated , by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox . acknowl . During this and the following year he wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the Papers in the ...
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His Original Essays are Preliminary Address . intern . evid . An introduction to the Political State of Great Britain . intern , evid . Remarks on the Militia Bill . intern . evid . Observations on his Britannick Majesty's Treaties with ...
His Original Essays are Preliminary Address . intern . evid . An introduction to the Political State of Great Britain . intern , evid . Remarks on the Militia Bill . intern . evid . Observations on his Britannick Majesty's Treaties with ...
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Página 304 - I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
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| Título | Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Volumen1 Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Autor | James Boswell |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Editor | Bigelow, Brown & Company, 1799 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 14 Nov. 2006 |
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