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kindest attention as his constant guest , while I was in London , till I had a house
of my own there . I mentioned my having that morning introduced to Mr . Garrick ,
count Neni , a Flemish nobleman of great rank and fortune , to whom Garrick ...
kindest attention as his constant guest , while I was in London , till I had a house
of my own there . I mentioned my having that morning introduced to Mr . Garrick ,
count Neni , a Flemish nobleman of great rank and fortune , to whom Garrick ...
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If we read without inclination , half the mind is employed in fixing the attention ; so
there is but one half to be employed on what we read . ” He told us , he read
Fielding ' s Amelia through without stopping ? . He said , “ If a man begins to read
in ...
If we read without inclination , half the mind is employed in fixing the attention ; so
there is but one half to be employed on what we read . ” He told us , he read
Fielding ' s Amelia through without stopping ? . He said , “ If a man begins to read
in ...
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Honest Catcot seemed to pay no attention whatever to any objections , but
insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of
the church of St . Mary Redcliff , and “ view with our own eyes ” the ancient chest
in ...
Honest Catcot seemed to pay no attention whatever to any objections , but
insisted , as an end of all controversy , that we should go with him to the tower of
the church of St . Mary Redcliff , and “ view with our own eyes ” the ancient chest
in ...
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Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal
claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may
have a double claim . ” Talking of his notes on Shakespeare , he said , “ I despise
...
Two persons may have equal merit , and on that account may have an equal
claim to attention ; but one of them may have also fortune and rank , and so may
have a double claim . ” Talking of his notes on Shakespeare , he said , “ I despise
...
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During my stay in London this spring , I solicited his attention to another law case
in which I was engaged . In the course of a contested election for the borough of
Dumfermline , which I attended as one of my friend colonel ( afterward sir ...
During my stay in London this spring , I solicited his attention to another law case
in which I was engaged . In the course of a contested election for the borough of
Dumfermline , which I attended as one of my friend colonel ( afterward sir ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 3 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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