Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost un- boundedly open in my communications , and from my eager- ness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
... respect , this Work will , in some passages , be different from the former . In my Tour , I was almost un- boundedly open in my communications , and from my eager- ness to display the wonderful fertility and readiness of Johnson's wit ...
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... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the publick which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
... respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no ... respect due to the publick which should oblige every Authour to attend to this , and never to presume to introduce ...
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... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue and to truth 1 . ' 99 19 What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversa- tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have ...
... respect to be paid to knowledge , to virtue and to truth 1 . ' 99 19 What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversa- tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have ...
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... respect could I dis- cérn any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness made him see and distinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely ...
... respect could I dis- cérn any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness made him see and distinguish all manner of objects , whether of nature or of art , with a nicety that is rarely ...
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... respect for Jorden , not for his litera- ture , but for his worth . Whenever ( said he ) a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . ' Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden , to ...
... respect for Jorden , not for his litera- ture , but for his worth . Whenever ( said he ) a young man becomes Jorden's pupil , he becomes his son . ' Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers , he was asked by Mr. Jorden , to ...
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