The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... do justice , " Boswell remarks , " to the merits of Dr. Towers , of 1 3 Biograph . Dict . , vol . xxix . 3 Life , vol . ii . , p . 150 . 2 Ubi supra , p . 191 . whom I will say , that though I abhor his X EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... do justice , " Boswell remarks , " to the merits of Dr. Towers , of 1 3 Biograph . Dict . , vol . xxix . 3 Life , vol . ii . , p . 150 . 2 Ubi supra , p . 191 . whom I will say , that though I abhor his X EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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... merits . In spite of the extraneous matter , which belonged as well to the biography of any of Johnson's contemporaries as to that of Johnson , there is much in Hawkins's Life which has not been superseded . His account of the manner in ...
... merits . In spite of the extraneous matter , which belonged as well to the biography of any of Johnson's contemporaries as to that of Johnson , there is much in Hawkins's Life which has not been superseded . His account of the manner in ...
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... merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ...
... merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity , not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can I find one , in complimenting whom I can with more general approbation gratify those feelings ...
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... merits , at least as a source I may have existed as to the prudence or the propriety of the original publication - however naturally private confidence was alarmed , or individual vanity offended , the voices of criticism and complaint ...
... merits , at least as a source I may have existed as to the prudence or the propriety of the original publication - however naturally private confidence was alarmed , or individual vanity offended , the voices of criticism and complaint ...
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... merit , wherever found , that much public ridicule , and something like contempt , were excited by the modest assurance with which he pressed his acquaintance on all the notorieties of his time , and by the ostentatious ( but in the ...
... merit , wherever found , that much public ridicule , and something like contempt , were excited by the modest assurance with which he pressed his acquaintance on all the notorieties of his time , and by the ostentatious ( but in the ...
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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