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... though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my own work , by contrast- ing it with that of which I have spoken , is so well conceived and expressed , that I cannot refrain from here inserting it ...
... though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my own work , by contrast- ing it with that of which I have spoken , is so well conceived and expressed , that I cannot refrain from here inserting it ...
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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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... obtained great applause from it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his college , and , indeed , of all the university . It is said , that Mr. Pope expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation .
... obtained great applause from it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his college , and , indeed , of all the university . It is said , that Mr. Pope expressed himself concerning it in terms of strong approbation .
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His expression con- cerning it to me was , " I did not then know how to manage it . " His distress became so intolerable , that he applied to Dr. Swinfen , physician in Lichfield , his godfather , and put into his hands a state of his ...
His expression con- cerning it to me was , " I did not then know how to manage it . " His distress became so intolerable , that he applied to Dr. Swinfen , physician in Lichfield , his godfather , and put into his hands a state of his ...
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Here we have an early example of that brilliant and energetick expression , which , upon innumerable occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration " . Nor can any one , conversant with the ...
Here we have an early example of that brilliant and energetick expression , which , upon innumerable occasions in his subsequent life , justly impressed the world with the highest admiration " . Nor can any one , conversant with the ...
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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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