Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the departure of Thales , must be understood of Savage , and looked upon as true history . ' This conjecture is , I believe , entirely groundless . I have been assured ...
... particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said of the departure of Thales , must be understood of Savage , and looked upon as true history . ' This conjecture is , I believe , entirely groundless . I have been assured ...
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... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has ...
... particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted , I am justified in availing myself of the usual privilege of a Dedication , when I mention that there has ...
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... particular , on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , therefore , in this Work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be ...
... particular , on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , therefore , in this Work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be ...
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... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the Work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the Work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
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... particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the ...
... particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the ...
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