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Were I to detail the books which I have consulted , and the en- quiries which I have found it necessary to make by various channels , I should probably be thought ridiculously osten- tatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my ...
Were I to detail the books which I have consulted , and the en- quiries which I have found it necessary to make by various channels , I should probably be thought ridiculously osten- tatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my ...
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... of his own history , that clearness of narra- tion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited .
... of his own history , that clearness of narra- tion and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons , the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited .
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King's Norton , Dr. Johnson supposed to be in Warwickshire , ( see his inscription for his mother's tomb , ) but it is in Worces- tershire , probably on the confines of the county of Warwick . - MALOne . 66 1 Journal of a Tour to the ...
King's Norton , Dr. Johnson supposed to be in Warwickshire , ( see his inscription for his mother's tomb , ) but it is in Worces- tershire , probably on the confines of the county of Warwick . - MALOne . 66 1 Journal of a Tour to the ...
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of imagination , and force of language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder plot . To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that ...
of imagination , and force of language , would probably have produced something sublime upon the gunpowder plot . To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled Somnium , containing a common thought ; " that ...
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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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