Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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... true ; but it is also true that he has said much which it was important to say and which , but for him , had never been said at all . But for Croker INTRODUCTION vii many of the allusions to persons and things vi INTRODUCTION.
... true ; but it is also true that he has said much which it was important to say and which , but for him , had never been said at all . But for Croker INTRODUCTION vii many of the allusions to persons and things vi INTRODUCTION.
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... true that we laugh at Boswell as often as we laugh with him . It is true that if he had not been willing to spare himself no more than he spared his friends his work would have lost much of its entertainment ; for though some of the ...
... true that we laugh at Boswell as often as we laugh with him . It is true that if he had not been willing to spare himself no more than he spared his friends his work would have lost much of its entertainment ; for though some of the ...
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... true relish of my " Tour to the Hebrides , " I trust I should now have been gratified with a larger share of his kind approbation . Dr. ADAMS , eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known ...
... true relish of my " Tour to the Hebrides , " I trust I should now have been gratified with a larger share of his kind approbation . Dr. ADAMS , eminent as the head of a College , as a writer , and as a most amiable man , had known ...
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... true and fair add , that though I doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and ...
... true and fair add , that though I doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his lifetime , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inadequate and ...
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... true ; and from a respectable gentleman 2 connected with the lady's family , I have received such in- formation and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we ...
... true ; and from a respectable gentleman 2 connected with the lady's family , I have received such in- formation and remarks , as joined to my own inquiries , will , I think , render it at least somewhat doubtful , especially when we ...
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