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... write in . But even dinners with Dilly , with Ramsay , and with Thrale were not one may suspect - the high water mark of the Doctor's happiness . These , after all , were formal entertainments , and , like Sancho Panza , he loved ...
... write in . But even dinners with Dilly , with Ramsay , and with Thrale were not one may suspect - the high water mark of the Doctor's happiness . These , after all , were formal entertainments , and , like Sancho Panza , he loved ...
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... writing it with creditable accuracy ; witness his letter in Boswell to Mme . de Boufflers . 99 Wrigh Iron Door Hack in Gough fo Another of Johnson's early haunts to which Boswell refers was Clifton's Eating - House . Clifton's was in ...
... writing it with creditable accuracy ; witness his letter in Boswell to Mme . de Boufflers . 99 Wrigh Iron Door Hack in Gough fo Another of Johnson's early haunts to which Boswell refers was Clifton's Eating - House . Clifton's was in ...
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... write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his ex- traordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be ...
... write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his ex- traordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be ...
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... writing . 1 Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most ... writer who has greatly injured him . Let me add , that though doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir ...
... writing . 1 Since my work was announced , several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published , the most ... writer who has greatly injured him . Let me add , that though doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir ...
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... write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the ...
... write his life . Almost all the life - writers we have had before Toland and Desmaiseaux , are indeed strange insipid creatures ; and yet I had rather read the worst of them , than be obliged to go through with this of Milton's , or the ...
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