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Page viii
This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifieations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend ...
This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifieations . I am , My dear sir , Your much obliged friend ...
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... him almost the whole of my manuscript , and made such remarks ' as were greatly for the advantage of the work ; though it is but fair to him to mention , that upon many occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgement .
... him almost the whole of my manuscript , and made such remarks ' as were greatly for the advantage of the work ; though it is but fair to him to mention , that upon many occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgement .
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What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - “ Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing ...
What reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - “ Dear sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing ...
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... is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been received ...
... is the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversation ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of which the specimens that I have given upon a former occasion , have been received ...
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I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness , on some occasions , of my detail of Johnson's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of superficial understanding ...
I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness , on some occasions , of my detail of Johnson's conversation , and how happily it is adapted for the petty exercise of ridicule , by men of superficial understanding ...
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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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