Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... able to preserve his con- versation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this ...
... able to preserve his con- versation in an authentick and lively manner , which opinion the Publick has confirmed , was the best encouragement for me to persevere in my purpose of producing the whole of my stores . In one respect , this ...
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... able ease and familiarity ; nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was necessary to mark the finer and less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking ...
... able ease and familiarity ; nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception which was necessary to mark the finer and less obvious parts of Johnson's character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking ...
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... , ) of adding agreements to the most agree- able subject in the world , which is literary history 1 . ' Nov. 24 , 1737. ' 1 Brit . Mus . 4320 , Ayscough's Catal . , Sloane MSS . 20 NOT A PANEGYRICK , BUT A LIFE Instead of.
... , ) of adding agreements to the most agree- able subject in the world , which is literary history 1 . ' Nov. 24 , 1737. ' 1 Brit . Mus . 4320 , Ayscough's Catal . , Sloane MSS . 20 NOT A PANEGYRICK , BUT A LIFE Instead of.
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... able performer upon a bad instrument . How false and contemptible then are all the remarks which have been made to the prejudice either of his candour or of his philo- sophy , founded upon a supposition that he was almost which Dr ...
... able performer upon a bad instrument . How false and contemptible then are all the remarks which have been made to the prejudice either of his candour or of his philo- sophy , founded upon a supposition that he was almost which Dr ...
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... able judge of what was right . At this school he did not receive so much benefit as was expected . It has been said , that he acted in the capacity of an assistant to Mr. Wentworth , in teaching the younger boys . ' Mr. Went- worth ( he ...
... able judge of what was right . At this school he did not receive so much benefit as was expected . It has been said , that he acted in the capacity of an assistant to Mr. Wentworth , in teaching the younger boys . ' Mr. Went- worth ( he ...
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