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known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
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The labour and anxious attention with which I have col- lected and arranged the materials of which these volumes are composed , will hardly be conceived by those who read them with careless facility . The stretch of mind and prompt ...
The labour and anxious attention with which I have col- lected and arranged the materials of which these volumes are composed , will hardly be conceived by those who read them with careless facility . The stretch of mind and prompt ...
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... as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent .
... as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent .
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Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick to the performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted at Drury - lane playhouse for the benefit of Milton's grand - daughter ; acknowl .
Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick to the performance of Comus , which was next day to be acted at Drury - lane playhouse for the benefit of Milton's grand - daughter ; acknowl .
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In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to incidents which the credulous relate with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : yet there is ...
In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to incidents which the credulous relate with eager satisfaction , and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : yet there is ...
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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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