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... instance of Johnson's was quoted , and thought to have at least equal excellence . Here , then , is an example of Boswell's capacity for working up his material . There is no alteration in the core of the story , no attempt to gild the ...
... instance of Johnson's was quoted , and thought to have at least equal excellence . Here , then , is an example of Boswell's capacity for working up his material . There is no alteration in the core of the story , no attempt to gild the ...
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... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
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... instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan , as a writer . In a conversation concerning the literary merits of the two countries , in which Buchanan was introduced , a Scotchman ...
... instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan , as a writer . In a conversation concerning the literary merits of the two countries , in which Buchanan was introduced , a Scotchman ...
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DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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