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... edition of the English dictionary Preface to the octavo edition of the English dictionary 23 52 53 Observations on the tragedy of Macbeth 55 ... Proposals for printing the works of Shakespeare 95 Preface to Shakespeare ...... 103 ...
... edition of the English dictionary Preface to the octavo edition of the English dictionary 23 52 53 Observations on the tragedy of Macbeth 55 ... Proposals for printing the works of Shakespeare 95 Preface to Shakespeare ...... 103 ...
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... edition another form , I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection , which , if I could obtain , in this gloom of solitude , what would it avail me ? I have pro- tracted my work till most of those , whom I wished to ...
... edition another form , I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection , which , if I could obtain , in this gloom of solitude , what would it avail me ? I have pro- tracted my work till most of those , whom I wished to ...
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... never was made exact , and that imperfect which never was completed . h Published in folio , 1773 . PREFACE TO THE OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY . Advertisement to the fourth edition of the English dictionary.
... never was made exact , and that imperfect which never was completed . h Published in folio , 1773 . PREFACE TO THE OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY . Advertisement to the fourth edition of the English dictionary.
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Samuel Johnson Francis Pearson Walesby. PREFACE TO THE OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY . HAVING been long employed in the study and cultivation of the English language , I lately published a ... edition of the English dictionary.
Samuel Johnson Francis Pearson Walesby. PREFACE TO THE OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY . HAVING been long employed in the study and cultivation of the English language , I lately published a ... edition of the English dictionary.
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... EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE . FIRST PRINTED IN THE YEAR 1745 . NOTE I. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter three Witches . IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age ...
... EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE . FIRST PRINTED IN THE YEAR 1745 . NOTE I. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter three Witches . IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age ...
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