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Page vii
... I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit , freely showed to the world its dexterity , even when I was myself the object of it .
... I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit , freely showed to the world its dexterity , even when I was myself the object of it .
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The Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died * ; acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick ...
The Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died * ; acknowl . Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick ...
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Since my work was announced , several lives and me- moirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ; the most volu- minous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long ...
Since my work was announced , several lives and me- moirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ; the most volu- minous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long ...
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There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it what no child of three years old could pro- duce , without an extension of its faculties by immediate inspiration ; yet Mrs. Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step- ...
There is surely internal evidence that this little composition combines in it what no child of three years old could pro- duce , without an extension of its faculties by immediate inspiration ; yet Mrs. Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step- ...
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Johnson , upon all occasions , expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod . " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do ...
Johnson , upon all occasions , expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod . " I would rather , " said he , " have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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