The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... Boswell. Sir , ftudied him , and knew him well : you venerated and admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand com- pofition ; all the little peculiarities and flight ...
... Boswell. Sir , ftudied him , and knew him well : you venerated and admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand com- pofition ; all the little peculiarities and flight ...
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... Boswell. 1 plainly . I have , therefore , in this Work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have ftill kept in my mind . that the whole truth is not always to be expofed . This , however , I have managed fo as ...
... Boswell. 1 plainly . I have , therefore , in this Work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have ftill kept in my mind . that the whole truth is not always to be expofed . This , however , I have managed fo as ...
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... Boswell. 1778 . " Thomas à Kempis ( he observed ) must be a Etat . 69. good book , as the world has opened its arms to receive it . It is faid to have been printed , in one language or other , as many times as there have been months ...
... Boswell. 1778 . " Thomas à Kempis ( he observed ) must be a Etat . 69. good book , as the world has opened its arms to receive it . It is faid to have been printed , in one language or other , as many times as there have been months ...
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... Boswell. 1778 . Etat 69 . " What , Sir , a good book ? " JOHNSON . “ Yes , Sir , to read once ; I do not fay you are to make a study of it , and digeft it ; and I believe it to be a true book in his intention . All travellers gene- rally ...
... Boswell. 1778 . Etat 69 . " What , Sir , a good book ? " JOHNSON . “ Yes , Sir , to read once ; I do not fay you are to make a study of it , and digeft it ; and I believe it to be a true book in his intention . All travellers gene- rally ...
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... Boswell. place . " JOHNSON . " A man's mind grows nar- 1768 . row in a narrow place , whofe mind is enlarged Etat , 69 . only because he has lived in a large place : but what is got by books and thinking is preserved in a nar- row place ...
... Boswell. place . " JOHNSON . " A man's mind grows nar- 1768 . row in a narrow place , whofe mind is enlarged Etat , 69 . only because he has lived in a large place : but what is got by books and thinking is preserved in a nar- row place ...
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