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We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his wonderful powers of mind , when we consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains , was not a particular selection from his general conversa- tion ...
We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his wonderful powers of mind , when we consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains , was not a particular selection from his general conversa- tion ...
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D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be ...
D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be ...
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What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens ...
What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens ...
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Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the tabletalk , and other anecdotes , of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am ...
Of one thing I am certain , that considering how highly the small portion which we have of the tabletalk , and other anecdotes , of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am ...
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... and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so curiously characteristick , that I shall not withhold it .
... and the more scrupulous or witty inquirer considers only as topicks of ridicule : yet there is a traditional story of the infant Hercules of toryism , so curiously characteristick , that I shall not withhold it .
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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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