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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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... to whom it is inscribed , lived to pe- ruse it , 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 ...
... to whom it is inscribed , lived to pe- ruse it , 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 ...
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... is evident that they never could have lived toge- ther with companionable ease and familiarity ; nor had sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was necessary to mark the finer and less obvious parts of Johnson's cha- racter .
... is evident that they never could have lived toge- ther with companionable ease and familiarity ; nor had sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was necessary to mark the finer and less obvious parts of Johnson's cha- racter .
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... I trust , will , by a true and fair delineation , be vindi- cated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him .
... I trust , will , by a true and fair delineation , be vindi- cated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him .
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As it is , I will venture to say , that he will be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived .. And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise ...
As it is , I will venture to say , that he will be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived .. And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise ...
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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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