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, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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... truth may be discovered , if proper means be used . I am , & c . " JAMES BOSWELL . " 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . ( 6 DEAR SIR , " I AM Sorry that I could get no books for my friends in Scotland . Mr. Strahan has at last pro- mised to ...
... truth may be discovered , if proper means be used . I am , & c . " JAMES BOSWELL . " 66 TO JAMES BOSWELL , ESQ . ( 6 DEAR SIR , " I AM Sorry that I could get no books for my friends in Scotland . Mr. Strahan has at last pro- mised to ...
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... truth , " saying , " All of them , -nay not all , - but droves of them , would come up , and attest any thing for the honour of Scotland . " He also perse- vered in his wild allegation , that he questioned if there was a tree between ...
... truth , " saying , " All of them , -nay not all , - but droves of them , would come up , and attest any thing for the honour of Scotland . " He also perse- vered in his wild allegation , that he questioned if there was a tree between ...
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... truth , were united in this rhapsody . That this pamphlet was written at the desire of those who were then in power , I have no doubt ; and , indeed , he owned to me , that it had been revised and curtailed by some of them . He told me ...
... truth , were united in this rhapsody . That this pamphlet was written at the desire of those who were then in power , I have no doubt ; and , indeed , he owned to me , that it had been revised and curtailed by some of them . He told me ...
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... truth . And I shall only add , that should I hereafter be disposed to read , as I heretofore have done , the most excellent of all your performances , ' THE RAM- BLER , ' the pleasure which I have been accustomed to find in it will be ...
... truth . And I shall only add , that should I hereafter be disposed to read , as I heretofore have done , the most excellent of all your performances , ' THE RAM- BLER , ' the pleasure which I have been accustomed to find in it will be ...
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... truth of many of the stories of which I had been told , that I avowed my conviction , saying , “ He is only willing to believe : I do believe . The evidence is enough for me , though not for his great mind . What will not fill a quart ...
... truth of many of the stories of which I had been told , that I avowed my conviction , saying , “ He is only willing to believe : I do believe . The evidence is enough for me , though not for his great mind . What will not fill a quart ...
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