The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... doubts I at any time entertained , have beeen entirely removed by the very favourable reception with which it has been honoured . That reception has ... doubt , if his dis- course at other periods had been collected with the same XXXV.
... doubts I at any time entertained , have beeen entirely removed by the very favourable reception with which it has been honoured . That reception has ... doubt , if his dis- course at other periods had been collected with the same XXXV.
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... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 ...
... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by correctness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . April 8 ...
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... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson ...
... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson ...
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... doubt . For , there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to ...
... doubt . For , there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to ...
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... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
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