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I wish , indeed , some few gross expres- sions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
I wish , indeed , some few gross expres- sions had been softened , and a few of our hero's foibles had been a little more shaded ; but it is useful to see the weaknesses incident to great minds ; and you have given us Dr. Johnson's ...
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D. prebendary of Westminster , and given to the world by the rev . Samuel Hayes , A. M. intern . evid . † Such was the number and variety of the prose works of this extraordinary man , which I have been able to discover , and am at ...
D. prebendary of Westminster , and given to the world by the rev . Samuel Hayes , A. M. intern . evid . † Such was the number and variety of the prose works of this extraordinary man , which I have been able to discover , and am at ...
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Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion which he has given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narra- tion and ...
Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion which he has given , that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narra- tion and ...
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... which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been re- ceived with so much approbation , that I have good grounds ...
... which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been re- ceived with so much approbation , that I have good grounds ...
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A piece of gold was given to all those who were touched , which may partially exculpate the poorer part of our ancestors from the imputation of implicit credulity . Fabian Phillips , in his treatise on Purveyance , asserts , that the ...
A piece of gold was given to all those who were touched , which may partially exculpate the poorer part of our ancestors from the imputation of implicit credulity . Fabian Phillips , in his treatise on Purveyance , asserts , that 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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