Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... heard that Boswell is going to publish a life of your friend Dr. Johnson ? ' ' No , ma'am ! ' ' I tell you as I heard , I don't know for the truth of it , and I can't tell what he will do . He is so extraordinary a man that perhaps he ...
... heard that Boswell is going to publish a life of your friend Dr. Johnson ? ' ' No , ma'am ! ' ' I tell you as I heard , I don't know for the truth of it , and I can't tell what he will do . He is so extraordinary a man that perhaps he ...
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... heard speak of Hawkins , in saying that he was a most detestable fellow . He was the son of a carpenter , and set out in life in the very lowest line of the law . Dyer knew him well at one time , and the Bishop heard him give a charac ...
... heard speak of Hawkins , in saying that he was a most detestable fellow . He was the son of a carpenter , and set out in life in the very lowest line of the law . Dyer knew him well at one time , and the Bishop heard him give a charac ...
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that un- settled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 1725 : ÆTAT . 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford3 ...
... heard him attribute to these extravagant fictions that un- settled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession . ' 1725 : ÆTAT . 16. — AFTER having resided for some time at the house of his uncle , Cornelius Ford3 ...
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