The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 - Authors, English |
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Page xii
... doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable re- ception with which it has been honoured . That reception has excited my best exertions to render my book more perfect ; and in this endeavour I ...
... doubts I at any time entertained , have been entirely removed by the very favourable re- ception with which it has been honoured . That reception has excited my best exertions to render my book more perfect ; and in this endeavour I ...
Page xiii
... doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion , morality ...
... doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion , morality ...
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... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and ...
... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and ...
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... doubt . For there is no in stance of any man , whose history has been minutely re- lated , 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 in stance of any man , whose history has been minutely re- lated , 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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