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... wrote a few notes on the margin with red ink , which he bade me tell his Lordship did not sink into the paper , and might be wiped off with a wet sponge , so that he did not spoil his manuscript . I told him there were very few of his ...
... wrote a few notes on the margin with red ink , which he bade me tell his Lordship did not sink into the paper , and might be wiped off with a wet sponge , so that he did not spoil his manuscript . I told him there were very few of his ...
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... wrote his Dunciad ' for fame . That was his primary motive . Had it not been for that , the dunces might have railed against him till they were weary , without his troubling himself about them . He delighted to vex them , no doubt ; but ...
... wrote his Dunciad ' for fame . That was his primary motive . Had it not been for that , the dunces might have railed against him till they were weary , without his troubling himself about them . He delighted to vex them , no doubt ; but ...
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... wrote for the Vase . JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " JOHNSON .. Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any thing to a lady of ...
... wrote for the Vase . JOHNSON . " He was a blockhead for his pains . " BOSWELL . " The Duchess of Northumberland wrote . " JOHNSON .. Sir , the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases : nobody will say any thing to a lady of ...
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... wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if I should write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . " BoswELL . " Such as Carte's History ...
... wrote for a magazine : I made a calculation , that if I should write but a page a day , at the same rate , I should , in ten years , write nine volumes in folio , of an ordinary size and print . " BoswELL . " Such as Carte's History ...
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... wrote the Preface . JOHNSON . " Old Gardner the bookseller employed Rolt and Smart to write a monthly miscellany , called The Visitor . ' There was a formal written contract , which Allen the printer saw . Gardner thought as you do of ...
... wrote the Preface . JOHNSON . " Old Gardner the bookseller employed Rolt and Smart to write a monthly miscellany , called The Visitor . ' There was a formal written contract , which Allen the printer saw . Gardner thought as you do of ...
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