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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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That superiority over his fellows , which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind ...
That superiority over his fellows , which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life , was not assumed from vanity and ostentation , but was the natural and constant effect of those extraordinary powers of mind ...
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627 . i Oxford , 20th March , 1776 . k It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures ...
627 . i Oxford , 20th March , 1776 . k It ought to be remembered , that Dr. Johnson was apt , in his literary as well as moral exercises , to overcharge his defects . Dr. Adams informed me , that he attended his tutor's lectures ...
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... but many have expe- rienced in a slighter degree , Johnson , in his writings , and in his conversation , never failed to display all the varieties of intellectual excellence . In his march through this world to a ...
... but many have expe- rienced in a slighter degree , Johnson , in his writings , and in his conversation , never failed to display all the varieties of intellectual excellence . In his march through this world to a ...
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Lichfield , March 2 , 1737 . " DEAR SIR , -I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well ...
Lichfield , March 2 , 1737 . " DEAR SIR , -I had the favour of yours , and am ex- tremely obliged to you ; but I cannot say I had a greater affection for you upon it than I had before , being long since so much endeared to you , as well ...
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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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