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Page vii
... I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit , freely showed to the world its dexterity , even when I was myself the object of it .
... I was almost unboundedly open in my communications ; and from my eagerness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit , freely showed to the world its dexterity , even when I was myself the object of it .
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The Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died * ; acknowl , Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick ...
The Rambler , the first paper of which was published 20th of March this year , and the last 17th of March , 1752 , the day on which Mrs. Johnson died * ; acknowl , Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the publick ...
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Boswell too , who did not readily apprehend irony , has occasionally recorded as arguments of serious intent , mere sallies of humorous pleasantry , with which Johnson sometimes delighted to puzzle his unsuspecting friend .
Boswell too , who did not readily apprehend irony , has occasionally recorded as arguments of serious intent , mere sallies of humorous pleasantry , with which Johnson sometimes delighted to puzzle his unsuspecting friend .
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We have also before us a mass of original papers , purchased at the Boswell sale ; and have even taken pains to court conversations with some old servants who remembered Johnson , in the anxious desire of gleaning something illustrative ...
We have also before us a mass of original papers , purchased at the Boswell sale ; and have even taken pains to court conversations with some old servants who remembered Johnson , in the anxious desire of gleaning something illustrative ...
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Since my work was announced , several lives and memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ; the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long ...
Since my work was announced , several lives and memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published ; the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London , by sir John Hawkins , knight " , a man whom , during my long ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2018 |
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