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It would be erroneous to assume that this instance is typical . It is a somewhat un- pleasant anecdote in need of amelioration before it can be committed to posterity . Hence it is dignified by a pre- liminary reference to Addison ...
It would be erroneous to assume that this instance is typical . It is a somewhat un- pleasant anecdote in need of amelioration before it can be committed to posterity . Hence it is dignified by a pre- liminary reference to Addison ...
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For , there is no 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 ...
For , there is no 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 ...
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Here was an instance of his varying from himself in talk ; for when Lord Hailes and he sat one morning calmly conversing in my house at Edinburgh , I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained , that If a man is to write A Panegyrick ...
Here was an instance of his varying from himself in talk ; for when Lord Hailes and he sat one morning calmly conversing in my house at Edinburgh , I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained , that If a man is to write A Panegyrick ...
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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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| Título | Life of Johnson, Volúmenes1-2 Life of Johnson, Chauncey Brewster Tinker |
| Autor | James Boswell |
| Colaborador | Chauncey Brewster Tinker |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 1942 |
| Procedencia del original | de la Universidad de Virginia |
| Digitalizado | 7 Jul. 2009 |
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