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... heard of except in this work . Yet this work must be read with imperfect pleasure , without some knowledge of the history of those more than half - forgotten persons . Facts , too , fade from memory as well as names ; and fashions and ...
... heard of except in this work . Yet this work must be read with imperfect pleasure , without some knowledge of the history of those more than half - forgotten persons . Facts , too , fade from memory as well as names ; and fashions and ...
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... heard ) by some stiff , provincial painter in a lawyer's wig or a squire's hunting cap ; but his portrait , by Reynolds , 1 Mr. Wordsworth obligingly furnished me with the following copy of a note in a blank page of his copy of ...
... heard ) by some stiff , provincial painter in a lawyer's wig or a squire's hunting cap ; but his portrait , by Reynolds , 1 Mr. Wordsworth obligingly furnished me with the following copy of a note in a blank page of his copy of ...
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... " was just nine months old.— Croker . second floor , she heard him following her . " 14 1712 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . His mother described 12-13 Traditional story of Johnson's infancy 13-14 Early instance of his power of memory.
... " was just nine months old.— Croker . second floor , she heard him following her . " 14 1712 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . His mother described 12-13 Traditional story of Johnson's infancy 13-14 Early instance of his power of memory.
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... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . " What's the matter ? " said she . " I can say it , " he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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acquaintance Adams admirable afterwards Anecdotes appears Bishop bookseller born Boswell Boswell's Cave character Clodio conversation copy Croker David Garrick DEAR SIR death Dictionary died Dodsley doubt Earl Edward Cave eminent endeavoured English Essay excellent father favour Garrick gave Gentleman's Magazine Goldsmith happy heard Hector Hervey honour hope humble servant James Boswell kind labour lady Langton late Latin learned letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter Malone manner master mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford paper Paul Whitehead Pembroke College person pleased pleasure poem poet printed published Rambler recollected remarkable Richard Savage Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson satire Savage Shakspeare Sir John Hawkins suppose talk thing Thomas Warton thought tion told translation verses Walmsley Warton wish write written wrote