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If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sen- sible of it ; where can I find one , in complimenting whom I ...
If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sen- sible of it ; where can I find one , in complimenting whom I ...
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Instead of melting down my materials into one mass , and constantly speaking in my own person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent ...
Instead of melting down my materials into one mass , and constantly speaking in my own person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent ...
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He delighted in mentioning this early com- pliment ; adding , with a smile , that " this was as high a proof of his merit as he could conceive . " His next in- structer in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me ...
He delighted in mentioning this early com- pliment ; adding , with a smile , that " this was as high a proof of his merit as he could conceive . " His next in- structer in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me ...
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Johnson was so far fortunate , that the respectable character of his parents , and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard ...
Johnson was so far fortunate , that the respectable character of his parents , and his own merit , had , from his earliest years , secured him a kind reception in the best families at Lichfield . Among these I can mention Mr. Howard ...
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But it is not true , as has been erroneously related , that he was assistant to the famous Anthony Blackwall , whose merit has been honoured by the testimony of bishop Hurd * , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall ...
But it is not true , as has been erroneously related , that he was assistant to the famous Anthony Blackwall , whose merit has been honoured by the testimony of bishop Hurd * , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall ...
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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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