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... consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains , was not a particular selection from his general conversa- tion , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his ...
... consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains , was not a particular selection from his general conversa- tion , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his ...
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... considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence . " How happy would the learned world have been , " says the present bishop Huntingford , " had Pericles ...
... considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence . " How happy would the learned world have been , " says the present bishop Huntingford , " had Pericles ...
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... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion ...
... consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his own life , in conformity with the opinion ...
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... 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 eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that 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 eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I ...
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... considering how highly the small portion which we have of the tabletalk , and other anecdotes , of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too many ...
... considering how highly the small portion which we have of the tabletalk , and other anecdotes , of our celebrated writers is valued , and how earnestly it is regretted that we have not more , I am justified in preserving rather too many ...
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