Boswell's Life of Johnson: The Life (1776-1780)Clarendon Press, 1934 |
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... truth , even in the most minute particulars . Accustom your children ( said he ) constantly to this ; if a thing happened at one window , and they , when relating it , say that it happened at another , do not let it pass , but instantly ...
... truth , even in the most minute particulars . Accustom your children ( said he ) constantly to this ; if a thing happened at one window , and they , when relating it , say that it happened at another , do not let it pass , but instantly ...
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... truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . ' BOSWELL . A man often shews his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the truth firmly , a ...
... truth , or hurt himself by telling what is not true . ' BOSWELL . A man often shews his writings to people of eminence , to obtain from them , either from their good - nature , or from their not being able to tell the truth firmly , a ...
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... truth , that you never tax your memory with the exact thing 2. " Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's " Annals of Scotland are very exact ; but they con- tain mere dry particulars ...
... truth , that you never tax your memory with the exact thing 2. " Now what is the use of the memory to truth , if one is careless of exactness ? Lord Hailes's " Annals of Scotland are very exact ; but they con- tain mere dry particulars ...
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Boswells Johnson | 67 |
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | 83 |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | 136 |
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