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" ... than be starved to death in translating for booksellers ; which has been his only subsistence for some time past. "
Dictionary of National Biography - Page 35
edited by - 1892
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

1812 - 1092 pages
...thought necessary, choosing rather to die on the road, than be starved to death in translating for the booksellers, which has been his only subsistence for some time past. The application was ineffectual, and he was obliged to content himself with the patronage of the London booksellers,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...thinks it necessary; choosing rather to die upon the road, than be starved to death in translating for booksellers ; which has been his only subsistence for some time past. " I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than those good-natured gentlemen apprehend ; especially...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...thinks it necessary ; choosing rather to die upon the road, than be starved to death in translating for booksellers; which has been his only subsistence for some time past. ' I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than those goodnatured gentlemen apprehend ; especially...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 680 pages
...thinks it necessary; choosing rather to die upon the road, than be starved to death in translating for booksellers; which has been his only subsistence for some time past. ' I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than those goodnatured gentlemen apprehend; especially...
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The Port Folio

Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1820 - 540 pages
...thinks it necessary, chusing rather to die upon the road, than to be starved to death in translating for booksellers, which has been his only subsistence for some time past." The application produced no effect; and from Swift's unwillingness to interfere in the matter, Johnson's permanent...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...thinks it necessary, chasing rather to die upon the road, than to be starved to death in translating for booksellers, which has been his only subsistence for some time past." The application produced no effect ; and from Swift's unwillingness to interfere in the matter, Johnson's permanent...
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 14

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 446 pages
...* Appleby, in Leicestershire. See J5oswell's Life of Johnson, 179i)> vol. I. p. 103. N. translating for booksellers, which has been his only subsistence for some time past. I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than these good-natured gentlemen apprehend ; especially...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...thinks it ner,essa' y, choosing rather to die upon the road, than to be starved to death in translating for booksellers, which has been his only subsistence for some time past. " I fear there is more difficulty in this affair than these good natured gentlemen apprehend, especially...
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Essay on the life ... Poems

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 430 pages
...venture it, if the Dean thinks " it necessary, chasing rather to die upon the " road, than to be starved to death in trans" lating for booksellers, which has been his " only subsistence for some time past. I fear there is more difficulty in this affair than these good-natured gentlemen " apprehend, especially...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and ...

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 590 pages
...thinks it necessary; choosing rather to die upon the road, than be starved to death in translating for booksellers, which has been his only subsistence for some time past. I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than these good-natured gentlemen apprehend ; especially...
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