Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... instance by the most exemplary parent ; and though I can by no means approve of confounding the distinction between lawful and illicit off- spring , which is , in effect , insulting the civil establishment of our country , to look no ...
... instance by the most exemplary parent ; and though I can by no means approve of confounding the distinction between lawful and illicit off- spring , which is , in effect , insulting the civil establishment of our country , to look no ...
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... instance , however , the printer by mistake has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer , which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus distinguished . I have only to add ...
... instance , however , the printer by mistake has affixed this mark to a note relative to the Rev. Thomas Fysche Palmer , which was written by Mr. Boswell , and therefore ought not to have been thus distinguished . I have only to add ...
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... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
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... instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is ...
... instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' It is ...
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... instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature and that the dis- tinguishing characteristicks of each individual are the same , through the whole course of life . His favourites used to receive very ...
... instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature and that the dis- tinguishing characteristicks of each individual are the same , through the whole course of life . His favourites used to receive very ...
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