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Boswell, James, 1740–1795
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Drake, Nathan, 1766–1836
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Knowles, Mary, 1733–1807
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
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19th century
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18th century
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correspondence
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prospectuse
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commonplace book
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diarie
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notebook
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wood engraving
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784.
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Saunders, R. -- Publisher.
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Asperne, J. -- Publisher.
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B. and R. Crosby and Co. -- Publisher.
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Bagster, S. -- Publisher.
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Baldwin, R. -- Publisher.
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Black, Parry and Co. -- Publisher.
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Bohn, J. -- Publisher.
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Book industries and trade -- England.
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Booker, J. -- Publisher.
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Booth, J. -- Publisher.
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Cadell and Davies -- Publisher.
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Clarke and sons -- Publisher.
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Craddock and Joy -- Publisher.
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Cuthell, J. -- Publisher.
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E. Cox and Son -- Publisher.
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Egerton, T. -- Publisher.
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English language -- Dictionaries.
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Evans, R.H. -- Publisher.
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F.C. and J. Rivington -- Publisher.
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18th century
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England
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Great Britain
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Antwerp (Belgium)
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Belgium
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Brussels (Belgium)
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Germany
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Hebrides (Scotland)
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Netherlands
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Paris (France)
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Rotterdam (Netherlands)
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Scotland
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Garrick, David, 1717–1779
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Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811–1885
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Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737–1815
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Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716–1796
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Bacon, John, 1740–1799
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Banks, Joseph, 1743–1820
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Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827
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Breda, C. F. von (Carl Fredrik), 1759–1818
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Broster, John, -1816
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
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Burke, Jane Mary Nugent, 1734–1812
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729–1796
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Chappelow, William
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Dore, Maria
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Doughty, William, 1757–1780 or 1782
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Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Gwatkin, Theophila Palmer, 1757–1848
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Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Johnson and Garrick
1816
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Johnson's dictionary, edited by the Reverend H.J. Todd
August 1, 1814
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Boswell, James, 1740–1795
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
1822
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
In the press, and speedily will be published, The dictionary of the English language
[1814]
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Hester Lynch Piozzi letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray,
1795, April 16-1816, September 10
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Knowles, Mary, 1733–1807
Dialogue between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson
1805
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Drake, Nathan, 1766–1836
Essays, biographical, critical and historical illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer & Idler
1809-1810
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Boswell, James, 1740–1795
The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D
[1852]
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Graphic illustrations of the life and times of Samuel Johnson, LL.D
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]