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Pagina 397
I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be numbered among I the writers who have given ardour to virtue , and confidence to truth . Αυτών έκ μακαρων αντάξι είη αμοιβή .
I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause , if I can be numbered among I the writers who have given ardour to virtue , and confidence to truth . Αυτών έκ μακαρων αντάξι είη αμοιβή .
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Rambler Volume 7 van The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Auteurs | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins |
| geïllustreerd door | Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Hall |
| Bijdragers | James Buckland, John Rivington, Charles Rivington, Francis Rivington, Thomas Payne, Lockyer Davis, Benjamin White, B. White and Son, T. Payne and Son |
| Uitgever | J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 12 juli 2007 |
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