Life of Johnson ...Harper, 1891 |
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... describes Addison's prose as ' pure without scrupulosity . ' Works , vii . 472. ' Swift , ' he says , ' washed himself with oriental scrupulosity . ' Ib . viii . 222. Boswell ( Hebrides , Aug. 15 ) writes of scrupulosity of conscience ...
... describes Addison's prose as ' pure without scrupulosity . ' Works , vii . 472. ' Swift , ' he says , ' washed himself with oriental scrupulosity . ' Ib . viii . 222. Boswell ( Hebrides , Aug. 15 ) writes of scrupulosity of conscience ...
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... describing him in 1783 , says : — ' He looks unformed in his manners and awkward in his gestures . He joined not one word in the general talk . ' Mme . D'Arblay's Diary , ii . 237. See ante , ii . 47 , note . 2 By Garrick . • See ante ...
... describing him in 1783 , says : — ' He looks unformed in his manners and awkward in his gestures . He joined not one word in the general talk . ' Mme . D'Arblay's Diary , ii . 237. See ante , ii . 47 , note . 2 By Garrick . • See ante ...
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... describes rascals such as this ' They hurried away to the theatre , full of malignity and de- nunciations against a man whose name they had never heard , and a performance which they could not understand ; for they were re- solved to ...
... describes rascals such as this ' They hurried away to the theatre , full of malignity and de- nunciations against a man whose name they had never heard , and a performance which they could not understand ; for they were re- solved to ...
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... describes the partiality of the members of the court - mar- tial that sat on Admiral Keppel in Jan. 1779. One of them'declared frankly that he should not attend to forms of law , but to justice . ' So friendly were the judges to the ...
... describes the partiality of the members of the court - mar- tial that sat on Admiral Keppel in Jan. 1779. One of them'declared frankly that he should not attend to forms of law , but to justice . ' So friendly were the judges to the ...
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... describes him as having been very much so , abuses his talents greatly . The great use of delineating absurdities is , that we may know how far human folly can go ; the account , therefore , ought of absolute necessity to be faithful ...
... describes him as having been very much so , abuses his talents greatly . The great use of delineating absurdities is , that we may know how far human folly can go ; the account , therefore , ought of absolute necessity to be faithful ...
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