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Page xv
... Preface to his edition of Boswell , Birkbeck Hill has described the happy day in 1869 when , ' in an old book - shop , almost under the shadow of a great cathedral , ' he bought a second- hand copy of an early edition of the Life . For ...
... Preface to his edition of Boswell , Birkbeck Hill has described the happy day in 1869 when , ' in an old book - shop , almost under the shadow of a great cathedral , ' he bought a second- hand copy of an early edition of the Life . For ...
Page xviii
... Preface he shows us the principle which guided all his editing . ' In my notes , ' he writes , ' my aim has been not only to make every letter clear , but also to bring before my readers the thoughts and the feelings of Hume's ...
... Preface he shows us the principle which guided all his editing . ' In my notes , ' he writes , ' my aim has been not only to make every letter clear , but also to bring before my readers the thoughts and the feelings of Hume's ...
Page xx
... Preface to the Letters of Samuel Johnson he had spoken of his hope of completing the main work of his life as a scholar by a new edition of the Lives of the Poets . Of this he had already laid the foundations as far back as 1892 ; but ...
... Preface to the Letters of Samuel Johnson he had spoken of his hope of completing the main work of his life as a scholar by a new edition of the Lives of the Poets . Of this he had already laid the foundations as far back as 1892 ; but ...
Page xxv
... Preface to the Works of each Author ; an. THE In the first edition ( PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL To THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS . BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . London . 1779-81 , 12mo . IO vols . ) the advertisement is dated March 15 ...
... Preface to the Works of each Author ; an. THE In the first edition ( PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL To THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS . BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . London . 1779-81 , 12mo . IO vols . ) the advertisement is dated March 15 ...
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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an undertaking , as it was then ... Prefaces to the Lives , & c . , of the Poets , which however is not easy , because they are not to be bought unless ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an undertaking , as it was then ... Prefaces to the Lives , & c . , of the Poets , which however is not easy , because they are not to be bought unless ...
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