The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Bickers and Son, 1874 - Authors, English |
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... occasion described . They are , therefore , a faithful record of the situa tion ; we seem to hear the great sage rolling forth his full periods ; we see his follower recording ; and it must have been an obtuse sense which could not see ...
... occasion described . They are , therefore , a faithful record of the situa tion ; we seem to hear the great sage rolling forth his full periods ; we see his follower recording ; and it must have been an obtuse sense which could not see ...
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... occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be dis- appointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL ...
... occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be dis- appointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , JAMES BOSWELL ...
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... occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgement . I regret exceedingly that I was deprived of the benefit of his revision , when but about one half of the book had passed through the press ; but after having completed his ...
... occasions I differed from him , and followed my own judgement . I regret exceedingly that I was deprived of the benefit of his revision , when but about one half of the book had passed through the press ; but after having completed his ...
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... occasion from Oxford ; November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , ' which I found here on my re- turn from the country , and in which you ...
... occasion from Oxford ; November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it will find you , to thank you for your very agreeable Tour , ' which I found here on my re- turn from the country , and in which you ...
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... occasion , have been received with so much appro- bation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if ...
... occasion , have been received with so much appro- bation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if ...
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