The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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Page vii
James Boswell. INTRODUCTION One PUBLISHED for the first time in 1791 , seven years after Dr. Johnson's death , Boswell's Life , as he reminds us in his Advertise- ment to the second edition , found appreciative critics at the outset ...
James Boswell. INTRODUCTION One PUBLISHED for the first time in 1791 , seven years after Dr. Johnson's death , Boswell's Life , as he reminds us in his Advertise- ment to the second edition , found appreciative critics at the outset ...
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... BOSWELL , ' round his hat ; and in short , if you will , lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude ; all this un- happily is evident as the sun at noon . The very look of Boswell seems to ...
... BOSWELL , ' round his hat ; and in short , if you will , lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude ; all this un- happily is evident as the sun at noon . The very look of Boswell seems to ...
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James Boswell. remarkable portion of his life , 1 which may be there seen in detail , and which exhibits as striking a view of his powers in conversation , as his works do of his excellence in writing . Nor can I deny to myself the very ...
James Boswell. remarkable portion of his life , 1 which may be there seen in detail , and which exhibits as striking a view of his powers in conversation , as his works do of his excellence in writing . Nor can I deny to myself the very ...
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