The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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Page ix
... gave great offence to John- son's friends , to none more than to Boswell . He who was , on the whole , singularly kind , genial , and considerate in his estimate of character , was impelled , reluctantly we believe , to turn aside and ...
... gave great offence to John- son's friends , to none more than to Boswell . He who was , on the whole , singularly kind , genial , and considerate in his estimate of character , was impelled , reluctantly we believe , to turn aside and ...
Page x
... gave up business , and was ordained a preacher in the Unitarian body , and became forenoon preacher at Newington Green , where the celebrated Dr. Price preached in the afternoon . He stepped forth boldly , but with the respect which was ...
... gave up business , and was ordained a preacher in the Unitarian body , and became forenoon preacher at Newington Green , where the celebrated Dr. Price preached in the afternoon . He stepped forth boldly , but with the respect which was ...
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... gave in my " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentic and lively manner , which opinion the public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to perse- vere in my purpose ...
... gave in my " Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , " of my being able to preserve his conversation in an authentic and lively manner , which opinion the public has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to perse- vere in my purpose ...
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... gave me , with great candour and liberality , all the assistance in his power - regretting and wondering , like Lord Stowell and Sir James Mackintosh , that so much should be forgotten of what at no remote period every body must have ...
... gave me , with great candour and liberality , all the assistance in his power - regretting and wondering , like Lord Stowell and Sir James Mackintosh , that so much should be forgotten of what at no remote period every body must have ...
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... gave 1 The greatest part of this book was written while Sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his illiberal treatment of Dr. Johnson . Since his decease , I ...
... gave 1 The greatest part of this book was written while Sir John Hawkins was alive ; and I avow , that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his illiberal treatment of Dr. Johnson . Since his decease , I ...
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