The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... never to presume to intro- duce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or- " If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those who have been pleased to favour me with ...
... never to presume to intro- duce them with , - " I think I have read ; " - or- " If I re- member right ; " when the originals may be examined . I beg leave to express my warmest thanks to those who have been pleased to favour me with ...
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... never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole course of the history , is exhibited by the author for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit ...
... never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole course of the history , is exhibited by the author for the best advantage of his readers : -Quid virtus et quid sapientia possit ...
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James Boswell. would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and would never have been quoted as furnishing an example to lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he ...
James Boswell. would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and would never have been quoted as furnishing an example to lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he ...
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... never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence ...
... never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence ...
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... never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his ...
... never saw in his company , I think , but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his ...
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