Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inade- quate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and however discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects ...
... compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inade- quate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson , and however discredited by unpardonable inaccuracies in other respects ...
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... compliment ) that by the vigour of your stile and sentiments , and the real importance of your materials , have the art , ( which one would imagine no one could have missed , ) of adding agreements to the most agree- able subject in the ...
... compliment ) that by the vigour of your stile and sentiments , and the real importance of your materials , have the art , ( which one would imagine no one could have missed , ) of adding agreements to the most agree- able subject in the ...
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... compliment : adding , with a smile , that this was as high a proof of his merit as he could conceive . ' His next instructor in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he ...
... compliment : adding , with a smile , that this was as high a proof of his merit as he could conceive . ' His next instructor in English was a master , whom , when he spoke of him to me , he familiarly called Tom Brown , who , said he ...
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James Boswell. 1731 ] HIS DESTITUTE STATE 53 Johnson this high compliment . He said to me at Oxford , in 1776 , ' I was his nominal tutor ; but he was above my mark . ' When I repeated it to Johnson , his eyes flashed with grateful ...
James Boswell. 1731 ] HIS DESTITUTE STATE 53 Johnson this high compliment . He said to me at Oxford , in 1776 , ' I was his nominal tutor ; but he was above my mark . ' When I repeated it to Johnson , his eyes flashed with grateful ...
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... compliment not intended for her . ' Such was this lady's state- ment , which I make no doubt she supposed to be correct ; but it shews how dangerous it is to trust too implicitly to traditional testimony and ingenious inference ; for Mr ...
... compliment not intended for her . ' Such was this lady's state- ment , which I make no doubt she supposed to be correct ; but it shews how dangerous it is to trust too implicitly to traditional testimony and ingenious inference ; for Mr ...
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