The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1 |
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... mankind . London , April 20 , 1791 . · See Mr. Malone's Preface to his edition of Shakspeare . J. BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . THAT I was anxious XX MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS . Mr Boswell's Advertisements.
... mankind . London , April 20 , 1791 . · See Mr. Malone's Preface to his edition of Shakspeare . J. BOSWELL . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . THAT I was anxious XX MR . BOSWELL'S ADVERTISEMENTS . Mr Boswell's Advertisements.
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... mankind , I feel a satisfaction beyond what fame can afford . We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his wonderful powers of mind , when we consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains was not ...
... mankind , I feel a satisfaction beyond what fame can afford . We cannot , indeed , too much or too often admire his wonderful powers of mind , when we consider that the principal store of wit and wisdom which this work contains was not ...
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... mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr ...
... mankind in writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr ...
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... mankind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live o'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as 1 Brit . Mus . 4320 ...
... mankind are enabled , as it were , to see him live , and to " live o'er each scene " with him , as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life . Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as 1 Brit . Mus . 4320 ...
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... mankind to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr. Mason , in his " Memoirs of Mr. William Whitehead , " in which there is literally no Life , but a mere dry narra- tive of facts . I do not think it was quite necessary to ...
... mankind to be at all shaken by a sneering observation of Mr. Mason , in his " Memoirs of Mr. William Whitehead , " in which there is literally no Life , but a mere dry narra- tive of facts . I do not think it was quite necessary to ...
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