Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... doubt , that he might be qualified as a racon- teur of renown , and partly to train himself in accuracy of statement . The manuscript of this collection , covering the period to 1785 , oddly entitled Boswelliana , has survived in a ...
... doubt , that he might be qualified as a racon- teur of renown , and partly to train himself in accuracy of statement . The manuscript of this collection , covering the period to 1785 , oddly entitled Boswelliana , has survived in a ...
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... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by cor- rectness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language .-- April ...
... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by cor- rectness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language .-- April ...
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... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inade- quate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson ...
... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inade- quate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson ...
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... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
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... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
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