The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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Your excellence not only in the art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame , but also in philosophy and elegant literature , is well known to the present , and will continue to be the admiration of future ages .
Your excellence not only in the art over which you have long presided with unrivalled fame , but also in philosophy and elegant literature , is well known to the present , and will continue to be the admiration of future ages .
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known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
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Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable ...
Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable ...
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May I be permitted to say , that the typography of both editions does honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now master of the wor- shipful company of stationers , whom I have long known as a worthy man and an obliging friend .
May I be permitted to say , that the typography of both editions does honour to the press of Mr. Henry Baldwin , now master of the wor- shipful company of stationers , whom I have long known as a worthy man and an obliging friend .
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being more extensively and intimately known , however elevated before , has risen in the veneration and love of mankind , I feel a satisfaction beyond what fame can afford . We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his ...
being more extensively and intimately known , however elevated before , has risen in the veneration and love of mankind , I feel a satisfaction beyond what fame can afford . We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his ...
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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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