Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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Page xiv
... character of two such men , who , though wide as the poles asunder in many things , were as devoted to truth and accuracy as they were patient in their pursuit , I was strengthened in my hatred of carelessness and error . With all these ...
... character of two such men , who , though wide as the poles asunder in many things , were as devoted to truth and accuracy as they were patient in their pursuit , I was strengthened in my hatred of carelessness and error . With all these ...
Page xix
... character of George Psalmanazar I have complied with the request of an unknown correspondent who was naturally interested in the history of that strange man , ' after whom Johnson sought the most . In my essay on Johnson's Travels and ...
... character of George Psalmanazar I have complied with the request of an unknown correspondent who was naturally interested in the history of that strange man , ' after whom Johnson sought the most . In my essay on Johnson's Travels and ...
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... character was never known to him . Its breadth and length , and depth and height were far beyond his measure . With his writings even he shows few signs of being familiar . Boswell's genius , a genius which even to Lord Macaulay was ...
... character was never known to him . Its breadth and length , and depth and height were far beyond his measure . With his writings even he shows few signs of being familiar . Boswell's genius , a genius which even to Lord Macaulay was ...
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... character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgement , instead of seeing that I was sensible of all that they could observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when in one of his ...
... character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgement , instead of seeing that I was sensible of all that they could observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when in one of his ...
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... character of genius . ' Gibbon's Misc . Works , i . 213 . It is an interesting question how far Boswell derived his love of truth from himself , and how far from John- son's training . He was one of John- son's school . He himself ...
... character of genius . ' Gibbon's Misc . Works , i . 213 . It is an interesting question how far Boswell derived his love of truth from himself , and how far from John- son's training . He was one of John- son's school . He himself ...
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