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... admirable.— BOSWELL . For an example and opinion on some of these Scottish versions , we may refer to a note in Gilbert Wakefield's Memoirs of himself , p . 326.-Ed. take place , of which he had entertained some doubt ÆTAT . 67. ] DR ...
... admirable.— BOSWELL . For an example and opinion on some of these Scottish versions , we may refer to a note in Gilbert Wakefield's Memoirs of himself , p . 326.-Ed. take place , of which he had entertained some doubt ÆTAT . 67. ] DR ...
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James Boswell. est admiration of his powers . He once observed to me , " Whatever opinion Johnson maintains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson ...
James Boswell. est admiration of his powers . He once observed to me , " Whatever opinion Johnson maintains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson ...
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... admiration , Well , sir , ' said I , I have omitted every other line . ' 999 · I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Goldsmith asserted , that there ...
... admiration , Well , sir , ' said I , I have omitted every other line . ' 999 · I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Goldsmith asserted , that there ...
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... admirable translation of the Poeticks , in which the various explanations of other criticks are considered , and in which Dr. Moor's Essay is particularly discussed . -J . BOSWELL . Whole volumes of commentary have been written on this ...
... admirable translation of the Poeticks , in which the various explanations of other criticks are considered , and in which Dr. Moor's Essay is particularly discussed . -J . BOSWELL . Whole volumes of commentary have been written on this ...
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... admirable writer , to whom we have seen that Dr. Johnson directly allowed so little merit . - Boswell . " His attention to veracity , " says Mrs. Piozzi , " was without equal or ex- ample ; " and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect ...
... admirable writer , to whom we have seen that Dr. Johnson directly allowed so little merit . - Boswell . " His attention to veracity , " says Mrs. Piozzi , " was without equal or ex- ample ; " and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect ...
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