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THAT I was anxious for the success of a work which had employed much of my time and labour , I do not wish to conceal but whatever doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable re- ception with ...
THAT I was anxious for the success of a work which had employed much of my time and labour , I do not wish to conceal but whatever doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable re- ception with ...
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... 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 . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion ...
... 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 . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion ...
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Let me add , that though I doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as ...
Let me add , that though I doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as ...
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... by a diligent ob- server , there is no reason to doubt . For there is no in stance of any man , whose history has been minutely re- lated , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour .
... by a diligent ob- server , there is no reason to doubt . For there is no in stance of any man , whose history has been minutely re- lated , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour .
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... by immediate inspiration ; yet Mrs. Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step- daughter , positively maintained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother .
... by immediate inspiration ; yet Mrs. Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step- daughter , positively maintained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother .
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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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