The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... appearance ; and whole classes of men , the most opposed in general sentiments and taste , concurred in censuring Boswell's Life of Johnson . It was decried by some as a breach of confidence likely to prove destructive of the future ...
... appearance ; and whole classes of men , the most opposed in general sentiments and taste , concurred in censuring Boswell's Life of Johnson . It was decried by some as a breach of confidence likely to prove destructive of the future ...
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... appeared in the St. James's Chroni- cle , and other publications of the day , purporting to be from the pen of Johnson . We have care- fully examined these , but admitted none except on the best internal and external evidence . With ...
... appeared in the St. James's Chroni- cle , and other publications of the day , purporting to be from the pen of Johnson . We have care- fully examined these , but admitted none except on the best internal and external evidence . With ...
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... appeared no abatement of his power of acquisition , he then desisted , as thinking the experiment had been duly tried . Mr. Burke justly observed , that this was not the most vigorous trial , Low Dutch being a language so near to our ...
... appeared no abatement of his power of acquisition , he then desisted , as thinking the experiment had been duly tried . Mr. Burke justly observed , that this was not the most vigorous trial , Low Dutch being a language so near to our ...
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... appeared to enjoy it much . - BOSWELL . " Dr. Johnson had a great desire to cultivate the friendship of Richardson , the author of Clarissa , and with this view paid him frequent visits . Johnson intro- duced sir Joshua Reynolds and his ...
... appeared to enjoy it much . - BOSWELL . " Dr. Johnson had a great desire to cultivate the friendship of Richardson , the author of Clarissa , and with this view paid him frequent visits . Johnson intro- duced sir Joshua Reynolds and his ...
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... appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary- ing the old established toast , Church and king . archbishop of Canterbury , ' said he , with an affected smooth smiling grimace , drinks , Constitution in ...
... appeared at Ox- ford , where he expressed great dissatisfaction at his vary- ing the old established toast , Church and king . archbishop of Canterbury , ' said he , with an affected smooth smiling grimace , drinks , Constitution in ...
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