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And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be sur- prised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with in- vidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is ...
And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be sur- prised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with in- vidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as to the exactness of my quotations ; holding that there is ...
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... rather too many of Johnson's sayings , than too few ; especially as from the diversity of disposi- tions it cannot be known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the col- Rambler , No.
... rather too many of Johnson's sayings , than too few ; especially as from the diversity of disposi- tions it cannot be known with certainty beforehand , whether what may seem trifling to some , and perhaps to the col- Rambler , No.
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He might , perhaps , have studied more assi- duously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature , than if it had been confined to any single spot .
He might , perhaps , have studied more assi- duously ; but it may be doubted , whether such a mind as his was not more enriched by roaming at large in the fields of literature , than if it had been confined to any single spot .
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... and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suffered . When at Oxford , I took up Law's Se- rious Call to a Holy Life , expecting to find it a dull book , as such books generally are , and perhaps to laugh at it .
... and this lasted till I went to Oxford , where it would not be suffered . When at Oxford , I took up Law's Se- rious Call to a Holy Life , expecting to find it a dull book , as such books generally are , and perhaps to laugh at it .
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Bishop Percy has often heard him , he states , humming and forming periods , in low whispers to himself , when shallow ob- servers thought he was muttering prayers . His own practice was , perhaps , alluded to by Johnson , in the ...
Bishop Percy has often heard him , he states , humming and forming periods , in low whispers to himself , when shallow ob- servers thought he was muttering prayers . His own practice was , perhaps , alluded to by Johnson , in the ...
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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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