Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... given us Dr. Johnson's authority that in history all ought to be told . ' Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that ...
... given us Dr. Johnson's authority that in history all ought to be told . ' Such a sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal . Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness , that ...
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... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a ...
... given upon a former occasion , have been received with so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a ...
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... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school - exercises and in other occasional compositions . Of these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of ...
... given several proofs of his poetical genius , both in his school - exercises and in other occasional compositions . Of these I have obtained a considerable collection , by the favour of Mr. Wentworth , son of one of his masters , and of ...
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... given a strange fantastical account of the original of Dr. Johnson's belief in our most holy religion . ' At the age of ten years his mind was disturbed by scruples of infidelity , which preyed upon his spirits , and made him very ...
... given a strange fantastical account of the original of Dr. Johnson's belief in our most holy religion . ' At the age of ten years his mind was disturbed by scruples of infidelity , which preyed upon his spirits , and made him very ...
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... it was rightly attributed to him : - I think it is now just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of myrtle given him by a girl he courted , and asked 1734 ] BOSWELL AND MISS SEWARD 63 His juvenile attachments.
... it was rightly attributed to him : - I think it is now just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of myrtle given him by a girl he courted , and asked 1734 ] BOSWELL AND MISS SEWARD 63 His juvenile attachments.
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