The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volumen2Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... truth Mr. Boswell himself has , more than any other writer , contributed to create the public taste for biographical details ; " the minute selection of cha- racteristic circumstances " 9 was neither the style of Johnson , nor the ...
... truth Mr. Boswell himself has , more than any other writer , contributed to create the public taste for biographical details ; " the minute selection of cha- racteristic circumstances " 9 was neither the style of Johnson , nor the ...
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... truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying , that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back - stairs , had probably not been there above ten minutes . " It may seem strange even to entertain a doubt concerning a story ...
... truth , defended Lord Chesterfield by saying , that " Cibber , who had been introduced familiarly by the back - stairs , had probably not been there above ten minutes . " It may seem strange even to entertain a doubt concerning a story ...
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... truth of the sentiment so elegantly expressed by my friend Mr. Malone , in his prologue to Mr. Jephson's tragedy of " Julia : " . " Vain - wealth , and fame , and fortune's fostering care , If no fond breast the splendid blessings share ...
... truth of the sentiment so elegantly expressed by my friend Mr. Malone , in his prologue to Mr. Jephson's tragedy of " Julia : " . " Vain - wealth , and fame , and fortune's fostering care , If no fond breast the splendid blessings share ...
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... truth , a sensible , civil , well - behaved man . — B. [ Lord Chesterfield died in 1773. The " Letters " were pub- lished the year following , by his son's widow ; but the author appears to have given no authority for such a step ...
... truth , a sensible , civil , well - behaved man . — B. [ Lord Chesterfield died in 1773. The " Letters " were pub- lished the year following , by his son's widow ; but the author appears to have given no authority for such a step ...
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... truth would have been violated had he affected diffidence , ) but with speculative perfection ; as he , who can outstrip all his competitors in the race , may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time . Well might he ...
... truth would have been violated had he affected diffidence , ) but with speculative perfection ; as he , who can outstrip all his competitors in the race , may yet be sensible of his deficiency when he runs against time . Well might he ...
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