Boswell's Life of Johnson ...H. Frowde, 1904 |
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James Boswell. 1709 ] ANECDOTES 27 there is no reason to doubt . For , there is no 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 ...
James Boswell. 1709 ] ANECDOTES 27 there is no reason to doubt . For , there is no 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 ...
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... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
... doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses ...
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... doubt , from a proper pride . But , considering his ascetick disposition at times , as acknowledged by himself in his ' Meditations , ' and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not ...
... doubt , from a proper pride . But , considering his ascetick disposition at times , as acknowledged by himself in his ' Meditations , ' and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not ...
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... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
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... doubt that he was insensibly furnishing his mind with various knowledge ; but I have not discovered that he wrote any thing except a great part of his tragedy of Irene . Mr. Peter Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he ...
... doubt that he was insensibly furnishing his mind with various knowledge ; but I have not discovered that he wrote any thing except a great part of his tragedy of Irene . Mr. Peter Garrick , the elder brother of David , told me that he ...
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