Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be sur- prized if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as ...
... praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be sur- prized if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as ...
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... praise of my work by many and various persons eminent for their rank , learning , talents and accomplishments ; much of which praise I have under their hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . honourable and reverend friend ...
... praise of my work by many and various persons eminent for their rank , learning , talents and accomplishments ; much of which praise I have under their hands to be reposited in my archives at Auchinleck . honourable and reverend friend ...
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... praise from ages yet unborn . ' This thought once form'd , all council comes too late , He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd ...
... praise from ages yet unborn . ' This thought once form'd , all council comes too late , He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd ...
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... praise Blackwall , but the Rev. Mr. Budworth , headmaster of the grammar school at Brewood , who had himself been bred under Blackwall . [ M. ] 2 See Gent . Mag . Dec. 1784 , p . 957 . 1732 ] JOHNSON'S LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM 57 least , as.
... praise Blackwall , but the Rev. Mr. Budworth , headmaster of the grammar school at Brewood , who had himself been bred under Blackwall . [ M. ] 2 See Gent . Mag . Dec. 1784 , p . 957 . 1732 ] JOHNSON'S LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM 57 least , as.
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... praise . It has been ascribed to Mr. Garrick , from its appearing at first with the signature G ; but I have heard Mr. Garrick declare , that it was written by Dr. Johnson , and give the following account of the manner in which it was ...
... praise . It has been ascribed to Mr. Garrick , from its appearing at first with the signature G ; but I have heard Mr. Garrick declare , that it was written by Dr. Johnson , and give the following account of the manner in which it was ...
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