Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1927 |
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... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of ...
... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of ...
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... Person at Edinburgh , of the Name of Clark , refuting his arguments for the authenticity of the Poems pub- lished by ... persons in whose posses- sion they are , will favour the world with them . JAMES BOSWELL . ' After my death I wish ...
... Person at Edinburgh , of the Name of Clark , refuting his arguments for the authenticity of the Poems pub- lished by ... persons in whose posses- sion they are , will favour the world with them . JAMES BOSWELL . ' After my death I wish ...
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... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as in so solemn an authour is hardly excusable , and certainly makes his narrative very unsatisfactory . But what is still ...
... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as in so solemn an authour is hardly excusable , and certainly makes his narrative very unsatisfactory . But what is still ...
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... person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain ...
... person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have resolved to adopt and enlarge upon the excellent plan of Mr. Mason , in his Memoirs of Gray . Wherever narrative is necessary to explain ...
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... atchievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note , a short saying , or a jest , shall 1 Rambler , No. 60 . 22 DR . JOHNSON ON BIOGRAPHY distinguish a person's real.
... atchievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note , a short saying , or a jest , shall 1 Rambler , No. 60 . 22 DR . JOHNSON ON BIOGRAPHY distinguish a person's real.
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