The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for nearly half a century during which he flourished. By James Boswell... |
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... attention should be shown by great men to their early friends . But if , either from obtuse insensibility to difference of situation , or presumptuous forward- ness , which will not submit even to an exterior observance of it , the ...
... attention should be shown by great men to their early friends . But if , either from obtuse insensibility to difference of situation , or presumptuous forward- ness , which will not submit even to an exterior observance of it , the ...
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... attention which might have been expected to the " guide , philosopher , and friend " —the Imlac who had hastened from the country to console has a rational ground for supposing that his own apprehensions concerning his absent wife or ...
... attention which might have been expected to the " guide , philosopher , and friend " —the Imlac who had hastened from the country to console has a rational ground for supposing that his own apprehensions concerning his absent wife or ...
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... attention . The character of a soldier always stands him instead . " BOSWELL : " Yet , Sir , I think that common soldiers are worse thought of than other men in the same rank of life - such as labourers . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , a ...
... attention . The character of a soldier always stands him instead . " BOSWELL : " Yet , Sir , I think that common soldiers are worse thought of than other men in the same rank of life - such as labourers . " JOHNSON : " Why , Sir , a ...
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... attention to all that the judge has said , they are decidedly of a different opinion from him , they have not only a power and a right . but they are bound in conscience to bring in a verdict accordingly . " - BoSWELL . concerning moral ...
... attention to all that the judge has said , they are decidedly of a different opinion from him , they have not only a power and a right . but they are bound in conscience to bring in a verdict accordingly . " - BoSWELL . concerning moral ...
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... attention as his constant guest , while I was in London , till I had a house of my own there . I mentioned Sir Edward Barry , Bart . - Boswell . my having that morning introduced to Mr. Garrick , Count 20 [ 1776 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF ...
... attention as his constant guest , while I was in London , till I had a house of my own there . I mentioned Sir Edward Barry , Bart . - Boswell . my having that morning introduced to Mr. Garrick , Count 20 [ 1776 . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF ...
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