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| Заглавие | Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784) Том 3 от Boswell's Life of Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill Том 3 от Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, James Boswell Microbook library of English literature |
| Автор | James Boswell |
| Редактор | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Издател | Clarendon Press, 1887 |
| Оригиналът е от | Мичиганският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 14 ноем. 2006 |
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