The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... Rambler . As I was not at liberty , an infer- ence was drawn , that I was desirous to keep to myself so excellent a writer . Soon after , Mr. Doddington 1 sent a letter direct- ed to the Rambler , inviting him to his house , when he ...
... Rambler . As I was not at liberty , an infer- ence was drawn , that I was desirous to keep to myself so excellent a writer . Soon after , Mr. Doddington 1 sent a letter direct- ed to the Rambler , inviting him to his house , when he ...
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... Rambler , is fre- quently turgid , even to ridicule ; but he has been too often censured with a malicious flippancy , which Boswell may be excused for resenting ; and even graver critics have sometimes treated him with inconsiderate ...
... Rambler , is fre- quently turgid , even to ridicule ; but he has been too often censured with a malicious flippancy , which Boswell may be excused for resenting ; and even graver critics have sometimes treated him with inconsiderate ...
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... Rambler was published March 23 , this 1 [ See post , 18th Ap . 1778.-ED. ] 2 [ See Mr. Langton's testimony to the same effect , post , 1780.-ED. ] 3 Here the authour's memory failed him , for , ac- cording to the account given in a ...
... Rambler was published March 23 , this 1 [ See post , 18th Ap . 1778.-ED. ] 2 [ See Mr. Langton's testimony to the same effect , post , 1780.-ED. ] 3 Here the authour's memory failed him , for , ac- cording to the account given in a ...
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