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... writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to ...
... writer , and as a most amiable man , had known Johnson from his early years , and was his friend through life . What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to ...
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... writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . 4 Α CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS * OF SAMUEL xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
... writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . July 1 , 1793 . 4 Α CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS * OF SAMUEL xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
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... Polypheme , may seem to some too minute . We trust , at all events , that our readers will accept them as evidence of our vigilant attention to our duty . Oxford , March , 1827 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the.
... Polypheme , may seem to some too minute . We trust , at all events , that our readers will accept them as evidence of our vigilant attention to our duty . Oxford , March , 1827 . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the.
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James Boswell. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by ...
James Boswell. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by ...
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... write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the ...
... write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the ...
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