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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Page 306
by James Boswell - 1835
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Bell's British Theatre, Volume 9

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 466 pages
...you, I do not mean so muck to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you....character, without impairing the most unaffected piety. I have, particularly, reason to thank you for your partiality to this performance. The undertaking...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 9

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...library, STRAND, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. M UCC XCI. SAMUE L JOHNSON, L LD BY inscribing this slight performance to you, I do...as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy wi1hyou. It may serve the interests of manhind also...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...entitled, " She Stoops to Conquer."9 9 " By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not-mean EO much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some...character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.'' 1773. Johnson observed, that there were very few books v—v—' printed in Scotland before the Union....
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as -myself. It may do me some honor to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you....character, without impairing the most unaffected piety. I have, particularly, reason to thank you for your par^ tiality to this performance. The undertaking...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN : FIRST PRINTED IN M,DCC,LXXII. TO SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. UK A II SIR, BY inscribing this slight performance to you, I do...as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works

Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour, to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you....character, without impairing the most unaffected piety." Of this play, which made its appearance at Covent-Garden, late in the season, and was very successful,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...not menu so ranch to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that 1 have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may...inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a rhsracler, without impairing the most unaffected piety." || See an account of this learned and respectable...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...I do not mean so much to compliment you, as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you....character, without impairing the most unaffected piety. I have, particularly, reason to thank you for your partiality to this performance. The undertaking...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 542 pages
...Conquer."* Johnson observed, that there were very few books printed in Scotland before the Union. * " By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do...character, without impairing the most unaffected piety." He had seen a complete collection of them ia the possession of the Hon. Archibald Campbell, a non-juring...
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Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN FIRST PRINTED IN M,DCC,LXXIL TO SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. DEAR SIR, BY inscribing this slight performance to you, I do...as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also...
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