The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1912 |
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Page xi
... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost unboundedly open in my communications , and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
Page xiii
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ... respect due to the public , which should oblige every xiv ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION author to attend to.
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ... respect due to the public , which should oblige every xiv ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION author to attend to.
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... in other respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and observations , which few men but its author could have brought together . B. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 3 sary to mark the 2 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... in other respects , contains a collection of curious anecdotes and observations , which few men but its author could have brought together . B. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 3 sary to mark the 2 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue , and to truth . " 1 What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been ...
... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue , and to truth . " 1 What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation , which is universally acknowledged to have been ...
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... respect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quick- ness made him see and distinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely ...
... respect could I discern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quick- ness made him see and distinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely ...
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