The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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... Boswell have recently been collected for the first time ; and even some of the nineteenth - century annotations to Boswell are preserved in the Hill - Powell edition of the Life.1 Scholarly attention to the growth of John- sonian ...
... Boswell have recently been collected for the first time ; and even some of the nineteenth - century annotations to Boswell are preserved in the Hill - Powell edition of the Life.1 Scholarly attention to the growth of John- sonian ...
Page 153
... Boswell , " the passages which he thought particularly excellent were marked , by folding down a corner of the page ; and such as he rated in a supereminent degree , were marked by double folds . " Johnson was highly gratified by the ...
... Boswell , " the passages which he thought particularly excellent were marked , by folding down a corner of the page ; and such as he rated in a supereminent degree , were marked by double folds . " Johnson was highly gratified by the ...
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... Boswell began the practice of making notes of his highly curious , interesting , and instructive conversation , as illustrative of his character , and modes of thinking , and as displaying his powers of logical ratiocination . The ...
... Boswell began the practice of making notes of his highly curious , interesting , and instructive conversation , as illustrative of his character , and modes of thinking , and as displaying his powers of logical ratiocination . The ...
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