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... was envoy to that court ; and though he could not boast of the graces , he was , in truth , a sensible , civil , well - behaved man . - Boswell . BOSWELL , Life of Johnson DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MY DEAR SIR , -Every.
... was envoy to that court ; and though he could not boast of the graces , he was , in truth , a sensible , civil , well - behaved man . - Boswell . BOSWELL , Life of Johnson DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS MY DEAR SIR , -Every.
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... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
... truth , I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed . This , however , I have managed so as to occasion no diminution of the pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be ...
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... truth ' . ' " " What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversa- tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of ...
... truth ' . ' " " What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversa- tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and entertaining ; and of ...
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... truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told1 , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his ...
... truth of which I am to refute upon his own authority . It is told1 , that , when a child of three years old , he chanced to tread upon a duckling , the eleventh of a brood , and killed it ; upon which , it is said , he dictated to his ...
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... truth , to engage for the reim- bursement of all that you shall lose by an impression of 500 ; provided , as you very generously propose , that the profit , if any , be set aside for the authour's use , excepting the present you made ...
... truth , to engage for the reim- bursement of all that you shall lose by an impression of 500 ; provided , as you very generously propose , that the profit , if any , be set aside for the authour's use , excepting the present you made ...
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