The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was ...
... opinion the Public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was ...
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... opinion which he has given , ' that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent ...
... opinion which he has given , ' that every man's life may be best written by himself ; had he employed in the preservation of his own history , that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent ...
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... opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and however discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and observations , which few men but ...
... opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and however discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and observations , which few men but ...
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... opinion , that minute particulars are frequently characteristic and always amusing , when they relate to a distinguished man . I am therefore exceedingly unwilling that any thing , however slight , which my illus- trious friend thought ...
... opinion , that minute particulars are frequently characteristic and always amusing , when they relate to a distinguished man . I am therefore exceedingly unwilling that any thing , however slight , which my illus- trious friend thought ...
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... opinion of the generality of mankind , is attended with contempt and disgrace . " " But let not little men triumph upon knowing that Johnson was an HYPOCHONDRIAC , was subject to what the learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne ...
... opinion of the generality of mankind , is attended with contempt and disgrace . " " But let not little men triumph upon knowing that Johnson was an HYPOCHONDRIAC , was subject to what the learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne ...
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