Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by cor- rectness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . — April ...
... doubt it will be found not less perfect than the former edition ; the greatest care having been taken , by cor- rectness and elegance to do justice to one of the most instructive and entertaining works in the English language . — April ...
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... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inade- quate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson ...
... doubt I should not have been very prompt to gratify Sir John Hawkins with any compliment in his life - time , I do now frankly acknowledge , that , in my opinion , his volume , however inade- quate and improper as a life of Dr. Johnson ...
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... Sydenham , 6 That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and ardour of his curiosity , might have been remarked from his infancy , by a diligent observer , 1709 ] ANECDOTES 27 there is no reason to doubt.
... Sydenham , 6 That the strength of his understanding , the accuracy of his discernment , and ardour of his curiosity , might have been remarked from his infancy , by a diligent observer , 1709 ] ANECDOTES 27 there is no reason to doubt.
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... doubt , from a proper pride . But , considering his ascetick disposition at times , as acknowledged by himself in his Meditations , ' and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not ...
... doubt , from a proper pride . But , considering his ascetick disposition at times , as acknowledged by himself in his Meditations , ' and the exaggeration with which some have treated the peculiarities of his character , I should not ...
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... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
... doubt the authenticity of this account , by the following circumstantial statement in a letter to me from Miss Seward , of Lichfield : - ' I know those verses were addressed to Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish ...
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