Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... tion . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so ...
... tion . But it seems I judged too well of the world ; for , though I could scarcely believe it , I have been undoubtedly informed , that many persons , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so ...
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... tion were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short , he is a memorable instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature and that the dis ...
... tion were inherent in his constitution , whenever he made an exertion he did more than any one else . In short , he is a memorable instance of what has been often observed , that the boy is the man in miniature and that the dis ...
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... tion , and politeness of manners , might have insensibly softened the harshness of Johnson , and infused into him those more delicate charities , those petites morales , in which , it must be confessed , our great moralist was more ...
... tion , and politeness of manners , might have insensibly softened the harshness of Johnson , and infused into him those more delicate charities , those petites morales , in which , it must be confessed , our great moralist was more ...
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... tion , and be ever recollected by him as a circumstance of much importance . He amused himself , I remember , by computing how much more expence was absolutely necessary to live upon the same scale with that which his friend des- cribed ...
... tion , and be ever recollected by him as a circumstance of much importance . He amused himself , I remember , by computing how much more expence was absolutely necessary to live upon the same scale with that which his friend des- cribed ...
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... tion which has first entertained him , and in which he has first had an opportunity to see himself in print , without the risk of exposing his name . I myself recollect such im- pressions from The Scots Magazine , which was begun at ...
... tion which has first entertained him , and in which he has first had an opportunity to see himself in print , without the risk of exposing his name . I myself recollect such im- pressions from The Scots Magazine , which was begun at ...
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