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Samuel Johnson. NOTE TO THE READER The paper in this volume is brittle or the inner margins are extremely narrow . We have bound or rebound the volume utilizing the best means possible . PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE GENERAL BOOKBINDING CO ...
Samuel Johnson. NOTE TO THE READER The paper in this volume is brittle or the inner margins are extremely narrow . We have bound or rebound the volume utilizing the best means possible . PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE GENERAL BOOKBINDING CO ...
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... reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for B 2 the In the first edition of this Life , Dr. Johnson wrote , " which was never inserted in any " collection of his works ...
... reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for B 2 the In the first edition of this Life , Dr. Johnson wrote , " which was never inserted in any " collection of his works ...
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