The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself of the usual ...
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... to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to improve , could be finished , the world has been deprived of that most ...
... to whom it is inscribed , lived to peruse it , and to give the strongest testimony to its fidelity ; but before a second edition , which he contributed to improve , could be finished , the world has been deprived of that most ...
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Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with ...
Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent , religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with ...
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... be vindicated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to ...
... be vindicated both from the injurious misrepresentations of this author , and from the slighter aspersions of a lady who once lived in great intimacy with him . There is , in the British Museum , a letter from bishop Warburton to ...
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As it is , I will venture to say , that he will be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever get lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise ...
As it is , I will venture to say , that he will be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever get lived . And he will be seen as he really was ; for I profess to write , not his panegyrick , which must be all praise ...
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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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