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... never returned it to Percy , for it is not to be found among either of the known collections of his books , at the University of Belfast and the Bodleian Library . To the best of my 9 See the sale catalogue of The Library of Thomas ...
... never returned it to Percy , for it is not to be found among either of the known collections of his books , at the University of Belfast and the Bodleian Library . To the best of my 9 See the sale catalogue of The Library of Thomas ...
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Robert Anderson. knowledge , there has never been a sale of Anderson's books ; certainly no catalogue of an auction sale is known to exist . Anderson probably never intended to return the interleaved copy to Percy , since it is evident ...
Robert Anderson. knowledge , there has never been a sale of Anderson's books ; certainly no catalogue of an auction sale is known to exist . Anderson probably never intended to return the interleaved copy to Percy , since it is evident ...
Page xv
Robert Anderson. Since he had never known Johnson personally , his chief problem was to avoid merely repeating what previous writers had said . However , precisely because he had no new personal information to convey to his readers , at ...
Robert Anderson. Since he had never known Johnson personally , his chief problem was to avoid merely repeating what previous writers had said . However , precisely because he had no new personal information to convey to his readers , at ...
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... never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his employments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence " ( p . 28 ) . It should be remembered that Anderson's medical training ( he had an ...
... never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours , and all his employments , were but temporary interruptions of its baleful influence " ( p . 28 ) . It should be remembered that Anderson's medical training ( he had an ...
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