The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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... literary work , namely his Account of Corsica , the Journal of a Tour to that Island and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli . " For my part , ' Boswell wrote in his Preface , " I should be proud to be known as an authour and I have an ardent ...
... literary work , namely his Account of Corsica , the Journal of a Tour to that Island and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli . " For my part , ' Boswell wrote in his Preface , " I should be proud to be known as an authour and I have an ardent ...
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... literary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ...
... literary abilities , in which I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing . Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ...
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... literary fame , may possibly impose upon many people such an idea of his consequence as he wishes may be received . For my part I should be proud to be known as an authour , and I have an ardent ambition for literary fame ; for , of all ...
... literary fame , may possibly impose upon many people such an idea of his consequence as he wishes may be received . For my part I should be proud to be known as an authour , and I have an ardent ambition for literary fame ; for , of all ...
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