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Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable ...
Dr. Adams , eminent as the head of a college , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable ...
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On the first leaf I found in his lordship's hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS ...
On the first leaf I found in his lordship's hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS ...
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See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Ostick in Skie , September 30 , 1773 : " Boswell writes a regular journal of our travels , which I think contains as much of what I say and do , as of all other occurrences together ...
See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale , dated Ostick in Skie , September 30 , 1773 : " Boswell writes a regular journal of our travels , which I think contains as much of what I say and do , as of all other occurrences together ...
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D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be ...
D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be ...
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... biographers have entered upon such a work as this with more advantages ; independent of lite- rary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing .
... biographers have entered upon such a work as this with more advantages ; independent of lite- rary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing .
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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 (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines) |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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