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Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland)

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Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland) (1890)
by George Birkbeck Norman Hill
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FOOTSTEPS OF DR. JOHNSON

"'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat
To peep at such a world."

SAMUEL JOHNSON. L.L.D.

AFTER THE PORTRAIT IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

Footsteps of Dr. Johnson

(SCOTLAND)

BY

GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.

PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LANCELOT SPEED

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON

(LIMITED)

St. Dunstan's House, Setter Lane

1890.

CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,
CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

TO

The Prior and Members

OF

The Johnson Club,

(MOST CLUBABLE OF MEN)

IN MEMORY OF

PLEASANT EVENINGS SPENT WITH THEM IN

FLEET STREET, LICHFIELD, AND OXFORD,

This Work is Dedicated.

CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO.,
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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