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Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little pecu- liarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the ...
Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little pecu- liarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary colossus . Your very warm commendation of the ...
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Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly ...
Such may speak of their literary fame in a decorous style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly ...
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The Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by Pope he afterwards acknow- ledged , and added to his Idler . Life of sir Thomas Browne , prefixed to a new edition of his Christian Morals ; acknowl . In the Literary Magazine ; or , Universal ...
The Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by Pope he afterwards acknow- ledged , and added to his Idler . Life of sir Thomas Browne , prefixed to a new edition of his Christian Morals ; acknowl . In the Literary Magazine ; or , Universal ...
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IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. - MALONE . Since the above were communicated to Mr. Malone , Mr. C. has discovered the following in ...
IN THE LITERARY MAGAZINE . 1756. Observations on the foregoing letter ; i . e . a letter on the American Colonies , vol . i . p . 66. - MALONE . Since the above were communicated to Mr. Malone , Mr. C. has discovered the following in ...
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... I never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality ...
... I never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality ...
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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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