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82 Where , or in what manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I neglected to ascertain with precision , from Johnson's own authority . He has marked upon his corrected copy of the first edition of it , ' Written in 1738 ...
82 Where , or in what manner this poem was composed , I am sorry that I neglected to ascertain with precision , from Johnson's own authority . He has marked upon his corrected copy of the first edition of it , ' Written in 1738 ...
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362 HIS MANNER BEFORE THE KING [ 1767 a very curious observer ; and if he would have been contented to tell the world no more than he knew , he might have been a very considerable man , and needed not to have recourse to such mean ...
362 HIS MANNER BEFORE THE KING [ 1767 a very curious observer ; and if he would have been contented to tell the world no more than he knew , he might have been a very considerable man , and needed not to have recourse to such mean ...
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Now what harm does it do to any man to be contradicted ? ' Bos- WELL . ' I suppose he meant the manner of doing it ; roughly , and harshly . ' JOHNSON . ' And who is the worse for that ? BOSWELL . ' It hurts people of weak nerves .
Now what harm does it do to any man to be contradicted ? ' Bos- WELL . ' I suppose he meant the manner of doing it ; roughly , and harshly . ' JOHNSON . ' And who is the worse for that ? BOSWELL . ' It hurts people of weak nerves .
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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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