Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works , and asked him what he thought of that writer . He answered , ' A conceited fellow . Were a man to write so now , the boys would throw stones at him . ' He , however , did not alter my ...
... expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works , and asked him what he thought of that writer . He answered , ' A conceited fellow . Were a man to write so now , the boys would throw stones at him . ' He , however , did not alter my ...
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... expressed himself thus ? And let me add , that , citizen of the world as I hold myself to be , I have that degree of predilection for my natale solum , nay , I have that just sense of the merit of an ancient nation , which has been ever ...
... expressed himself thus ? And let me add , that , citizen of the world as I hold myself to be , I have that degree of predilection for my natale solum , nay , I have that just sense of the merit of an ancient nation , which has been ever ...
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... expressed , troubled in mind . ' Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and ...
... expressed , troubled in mind . ' Some of the ancient philosophers held , that all deviations from right reason were madness ; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this subject , collected and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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