The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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Page xix
... thought of my work in reference to the various commentators and editors , I claim to have been loyal to Boswell . It remains that I should thank those persons who have kindly and courteously aided me in my labours . The Earl of Lindsay ...
... thought of my work in reference to the various commentators and editors , I claim to have been loyal to Boswell . It remains that I should thank those persons who have kindly and courteously aided me in my labours . The Earl of Lindsay ...
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... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose com- pany has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I ...
... thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose com- pany has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a dedication , when I ...
Page xxxiv
... thought ridiculously ostentatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly : which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would ...
... thought ridiculously ostentatious . Let me only observe , as a specimen of my trouble , that I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London , in order to fix a date correctly : which , when I had accomplished , I well knew would ...
Page xliv
... thought the law would allow in making frequent quotations from the preceding publications ; but as to all the rest , which he did not venture to appropriate to his own use , -the grapes were sour and he took every opportunity of ...
... thought the law would allow in making frequent quotations from the preceding publications ; but as to all the rest , which he did not venture to appropriate to his own use , -the grapes were sour and he took every opportunity of ...
Page lii
... thought Johnson showed more powers of mind in company than in his writings , and on another occasion said , that he thought Johnson appeared greater in Boswell's volumes than even in his own . Dr. It was a strange and fortunate ...
... thought Johnson showed more powers of mind in company than in his writings , and on another occasion said , that he thought Johnson appeared greater in Boswell's volumes than even in his own . Dr. It was a strange and fortunate ...
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