The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I DEDICATION xi mention ...
... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I DEDICATION xi mention ...
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... particular on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , therefore , in this Work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be ...
... particular on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , therefore , in this Work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be ...
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... particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a ...
... particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end , we may hope for impartiality , but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a ...
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... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , That the strength of ...
... particular , which can throw light on the progress of his mind , is interesting . That he was remarkable , even in his earliest years , may easily be sup- posed ; for to use his own words in his Life of Sydenham , That the strength of ...
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... particular . The flesh of animals who feed excursively , is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same differ- ence between men who read as their taste prompts and GOES TO OXFORD 29 ...
... particular . The flesh of animals who feed excursively , is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up . May there not be the same differ- ence between men who read as their taste prompts and GOES TO OXFORD 29 ...
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