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... EDITION iii vii ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA viii BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR . BIRKBECK HILL , WITH BIBLIO- GRAPHY • ix . AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION XXV LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY I Appendices A to G 65-69 DENHAM 70 Appendix H 82 ...
... EDITION iii vii ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA viii BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR . BIRKBECK HILL , WITH BIBLIO- GRAPHY • ix . AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION XXV LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY I Appendices A to G 65-69 DENHAM 70 Appendix H 82 ...
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... II 304 HUGHES II 159 WALLER I 249 KING II . 26 WALSH I 328 LYTTELTON III 446 WATTS III 302 MALLET III 400 WEST III 328 MILTON I 84 YALDEN . II • • 297 OTWAY I . 241 YOUNG III 361 : PREFATORY NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION THE text and notes ...
... II 304 HUGHES II 159 WALLER I 249 KING II . 26 WALSH I 328 LYTTELTON III 446 WATTS III 302 MALLET III 400 WEST III 328 MILTON I 84 YALDEN . II • • 297 OTWAY I . 241 YOUNG III 361 : PREFATORY NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION THE text and notes ...
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... edition of 1783 - the last edition published in Johnson's lifetime . The spelling has been retained , save in a few places where obvious typographical errors have been corrected ; but Johnson's punctuation , which seems to rest on no ...
... edition of 1783 - the last edition published in Johnson's lifetime . The spelling has been retained , save in a few places where obvious typographical errors have been corrected ; but Johnson's punctuation , which seems to rest on no ...
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... 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 though when he ...
... 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 though when he ...
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... edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson . On the death of his uncle , Sir Rowland Hill , he was called upon to edit his History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon ...
... edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson . On the death of his uncle , Sir Rowland Hill , he was called upon to edit his History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon ...
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