Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... merit , you will be harassed with solicitations . You will have numbers forced upon you who have no merit ; some will force them upon you from mistaken partiality ; and some from downright interested motives , without scruple ; and you ...
... merit , you will be harassed with solicitations . You will have numbers forced upon you who have no merit ; some will force them upon you from mistaken partiality ; and some from downright interested motives , without scruple ; and you ...
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... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Em- pire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
... merit of endeavouring to do what he thought was for the salvation of the souls of his subjects , till he lost a great Em- pire . We , who thought that we should not be saved if we were Roman Catholicks , had the merit of maintaining our ...
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... merit to a player . ' JOHNSON . ' Merit , Sir ! what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? ' BOSWELL . ' No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
... merit to a player . ' JOHNSON . ' Merit , Sir ! what merit ? Do you respect a rope - dancer , or a ballad - singer ? ' BOSWELL . ' No , Sir : but we respect a great player , as a man who can conceive lofty sentiments , and can express ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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