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... admiration for his genius Dr. Hill indeed yields not even to Boswell ..... I cannot take leave of him without expressing the obligations I owe to him , and to the Delegates of the Clarendon Press , for their courtesy in permitting me ...
... admiration for his genius Dr. Hill indeed yields not even to Boswell ..... I cannot take leave of him without expressing the obligations I owe to him , and to the Delegates of the Clarendon Press , for their courtesy in permitting me ...
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... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
... admiration of future ages . Your equal and placid temper , your variety of conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common ...
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... admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little peculiarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary Colossus . Your very warm ...
... admired him . Yet , luminous as he was upon the whole , you perceived all the shades which mingled in the grand composition ; all the little peculiarities and slight blemishes which marked the literary Colossus . Your very warm ...
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... admirable edition of SHAKESPEARE , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from ...
... admirable edition of SHAKESPEARE , for which he generously would accept of no other reward but that fame which he has so deservedly obtained , he fulfilled his promise of a long - wished - for visit to his relations in Ireland ; from ...
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... by his writings preserved in admiration . 1 The ( third ) Earl and Countess of Jersey . 2 Plutarch's Life of Alexander , init . - Langhorne's translation . B. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 7 " There are many 6 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
... by his writings preserved in admiration . 1 The ( third ) Earl and Countess of Jersey . 2 Plutarch's Life of Alexander , init . - Langhorne's translation . B. THE DUTIES OF A BIOGRAPHER 7 " There are many 6 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
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