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Page vii
... 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 system , has been altered in ...
... 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 system , has been altered in ...
Page xv
... published . This was the first out- come of those Johnsonian studies which were to be the main pursuit of his life . In the Preface to his edition of Boswell , Birkbeck Hill has described the happy day in 1869 when , ' in an old book ...
... published . This was the first out- come of those Johnsonian studies which were to be the main pursuit of his life . In the Preface to his edition of Boswell , Birkbeck Hill has described the happy day in 1869 when , ' in an old book ...
Page xvii
... published by the Clarendon Press . Twelve years had he been engaged on it . Five years had passed since his proposal was accepted by the Delegates . The year of the publication of Boswell found Birkbeck Hill removed from his country ...
... published by the Clarendon Press . Twelve years had he been engaged on it . Five years had passed since his proposal was accepted by the Delegates . The year of the publication of Boswell found Birkbeck Hill removed from his country ...
Page xviii
... published in 1890 , Birkbeck Hill entered upon a new field of writing , though the great study of his life was still the subject . In this book he traces Johnson's journey through Scotland ; but he does more than merely weave together ...
... published in 1890 , Birkbeck Hill entered upon a new field of writing , though the great study of his life was still the subject . In this book he traces Johnson's journey through Scotland ; but he does more than merely weave together ...
Page xix
... published by him for the first time . The same year appeared Writers and Readers , embodying a series of six lectures which , under the titles of ' Revolutions in Literary Taste ' and ' The Study of Literature as a part of Education ...
... published by him for the first time . The same year appeared Writers and Readers , embodying a series of six lectures which , under the titles of ' Revolutions in Literary Taste ' and ' The Study of Literature as a part of Education ...
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