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... character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those per ...
... character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . " The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those per ...
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... character of a " respectable Hottentot , " in Lord Chesterfield's Letters , has been generally understood to be meant for Johnson , and I have no doubt that it was . But I remember when the Literary Property of those letters was ...
... character of a " respectable Hottentot , " in Lord Chesterfield's Letters , has been generally understood to be meant for Johnson , and I have no doubt that it was . But I remember when the Literary Property of those letters was ...
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... character , that of Ranger . JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; Ranger is just a rake , a mere rake , and a lively young fellow , but no character . ” The great Douglas cause was at this time a very general subject of discussion . I found he had ...
... character , that of Ranger . JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; Ranger is just a rake , a mere rake , and a lively young fellow , but no character . ” The great Douglas cause was at this time a very general subject of discussion . I found he had ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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