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Page xxxiv
... nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far ...
... nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far ...
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... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the " Odyssey . " Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes , the hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole ...
... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the " Odyssey . " Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes , the hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole ...
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... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
Page xlv
... nature , but in forms too didactic and ponderous to be very amusing . In the extracts which I have made from Mrs. Thrale's correspondence , I have been guided entirely by the object of completing the history of Johnson's life . The most ...
... nature , but in forms too didactic and ponderous to be very amusing . In the extracts which I have made from Mrs. Thrale's correspondence , I have been guided entirely by the object of completing the history of Johnson's life . The most ...
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... nature to every body were surpassed only by his genius , found time from his higher occupations to annotate a considerable portion of this work - the Tour to the Hebrides - and continued his aid to the very conclusion of my task . The ...
... nature to every body were surpassed only by his genius , found time from his higher occupations to annotate a considerable portion of this work - the Tour to the Hebrides - and continued his aid to the very conclusion of my task . The ...
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