Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... was envoy to that court ; and though he could not boast of the graces , he was , in truth , a sensible , civil , well - behaved man . - BosWELL . BOSWELL , Life of Johnson DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MY DEAR SIR , -Every.
... was envoy to that court ; and though he could not boast of the graces , he was , in truth , a sensible , civil , well - behaved man . - BosWELL . BOSWELL , Life of Johnson DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MY DEAR SIR , -Every.
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... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
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... 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 been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of ...
... 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 been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of ...
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... truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told1 , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his ...
... truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told1 , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his ...
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... truth of Virgil's noble sentiment 6 ' Igneus est ollis vigor et cœlestis origo . ' The history of his mind as to religion is an important article . I have mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother ...
... truth of Virgil's noble sentiment 6 ' Igneus est ollis vigor et cœlestis origo . ' The history of his mind as to religion is an important article . I have mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother ...
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