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Page vii
The world , my friend , I have found 66 a " The perverseness of mankind , " says Johnson , " makes it often mis- chievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment . The idle and illiterate will often shelter themselves under what ...
The world , my friend , I have found 66 a " The perverseness of mankind , " says Johnson , " makes it often mis- chievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment . The idle and illiterate will often shelter themselves under what ...
Page xii
... and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to im- prove , could be finished , the world has been deprived of that most valuable man ; a loss of which the regret will be ...
... and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to im- prove , could be finished , the world has been deprived of that most valuable man ; a loss of which the regret will be ...
Page xiii
Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this book , I will give them a story to apply . When the great duke of Marlborough , accom- panied by lord Cadogan , was one day reconnoitring the army in Flanders ...
Should there be any cold - blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this book , I will give them a story to apply . When the great duke of Marlborough , accom- panied by lord Cadogan , was one day reconnoitring the army in Flanders ...
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... that I cannot refrain from here inserting it : " I shall endeavour , " says Dr. Warburton , " to give you what satisfaction - I can in any thing you want to be satis- fied in any subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend ...
... that I cannot refrain from here inserting it : " I shall endeavour , " says Dr. Warburton , " to give you what satisfaction - I can in any thing you want to be satis- fied in any subject of Milton , and am extremely glad you intend ...
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There are , indeed , some natural reasons why these nar- ratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of par- ticular persons are barren and useless .
There are , indeed , some natural reasons why these nar- ratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of par- ticular persons are barren and useless .
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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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