The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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Page viii
... doubt that Johnson contributed largely to the " Reply to Mr. Clark's Answers , " London , 1782. Boswell in the " Life " selects a few paragraphs from this answer , which " mark their great author . " The controversy continued , and ...
... doubt that Johnson contributed largely to the " Reply to Mr. Clark's Answers , " London , 1782. Boswell in the " Life " selects a few paragraphs from this answer , which " mark their great author . " The controversy continued , and ...
Page xvii
... doubt , if Boswell could have legally done so , he would have himself incorporated in the ' Life . " " What legal impediments there were in the way of this purpose , we profess not to understand . The law of copyright has not been a ...
... doubt , if Boswell could have legally done so , he would have himself incorporated in the ' Life . " " What legal impediments there were in the way of this purpose , we profess not to understand . The law of copyright has not been a ...
Page xxxvii
... doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality ...
... doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of religion , morality ...
Page xl
... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . 8th ...
... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance , to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . 8th ...
Page xlv
... in one volume in 1785 , and which , no doubt , if he could legally have done so , he would himself have incorporated in the " Life " -of which indeed he expressly tells us , he looks on PREFACE TO MR . CROKER'S EDITION . xlv.
... in one volume in 1785 , and which , no doubt , if he could legally have done so , he would himself have incorporated in the " Life " -of which indeed he expressly tells us , he looks on PREFACE TO MR . CROKER'S EDITION . xlv.
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