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" True, (answered the Earl, with a smile,) but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone round the world to Johnson's prejudice, by applying to him the epithet of a bear, let me impress upon my readers a just and... "
Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides - Page 180
by James Boswell - 1860 - 874 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...have been a bear." " True, (answered the Earl, with a smile,) but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone round...tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin," IN 1769, so far as I can discover, the publick was favoured with nothing of Johnson's composition,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...hard drawing of him in Churchill's ROSCIAD. rou nd the world to Johnson's prejudice, by applying 1768. to him the epithet of a bear, let me impress upon..."Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner ; but nd man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin." IN 1769, so far as...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...all the reflections which have gone round to Johnson's prejudice, by applying to him the epithet of bear, let me impress upon my readers a just and happy...tender heart : he has nothing of the bear but his shin' " Goldsmith, to divert the tedious minutes, while waiting for one of the guests at a dinner-party,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 542 pages
...have been a bear." " True, (answered the Earl, with a smile) but he would have been a dancing bear." .To obviate all the reflections which have gone round...bear, let me impress upon my readers a just and happy say» See the hard drawing of him in Churchill's ROSCIAD. ing of my friend Goldsmith, who knew him...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...all the reflections which have gone round to Johnson's prejudice, by applying to him the epithet of bear, let me impress upon my readers a just and happy...Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner, but DO man alive has a more tender heart : in' has nothing of the bear but his skin.' " Goldsmith, to divert...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...have been a bear." " True (answered the Earl, with a smile), but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone round...tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin." In 1769, so far as I can discover, the publick was favoured with nothing of Johnson's composition,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...smile), but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone rourfd the world to Johnson's prejudice, by applying to him...tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin." In 1769, so far as I can discover, the publick was favoured with nothing of Johnson's composition,...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...all the reflections which have gone round to Johnson's prejudice, by applying to him the epithet of bear, let me impress upon my readers a just and happy...tender heart : he has nothing of the bear but his skin' " Goldsmith, to divert the tedious minutes, while waiting for one of the gnests at a diimer-party,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...have been a bear." " True, (answered the Earl, with a smile,) but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone round...tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin." In 1769, so far as I can discover, the publick was favoured with nothing of Johnson's composition,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pages
...have been a bear." " True, (answered the Earl, with a smile,) but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone round...be sure, has a roughness in his manner : but no man alire has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin." In 1769, so far as I can discover,...
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