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... and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect con- fidence of not being accused of ...
... and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect con- fidence of not being accused of ...
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That reception has excited my best exertions to render my book more perfect ; and in this endeavour I have had the assistance not only of some of my particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been ...
That reception has excited my best exertions to render my book more perfect ; and in this endeavour I have had the assistance not only of some of my particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been ...
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Then came Hague , of whom as much might be said , with the addition that he was an elegant poet . Hague was succeeded by Green , afterwards bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known .
Then came Hague , of whom as much might be said , with the addition that he was an elegant poet . Hague was succeeded by Green , afterwards bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known .
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He thus discriminated to Dr. Percy , bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar schools : " At one , I learned much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I learned much from the master , but little in the ...
He thus discriminated to Dr. Percy , bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar schools : " At one , I learned much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I learned much from the master , but little in the ...
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But let not little men triumph upon knowing that John- son was an Hypochondriack , was subject to what the learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne has so well treated under the title of The English Malady .
But let not little men triumph upon knowing that John- son was an Hypochondriack , was subject to what the learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne has so well treated under the title of The English Malady .
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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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