The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 Seiten |
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... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distin- guished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcus- able , in appearing fully sensible ...
... person to whom the following Work should be inscribed . If there be a pleasure in celebrating the distin- guished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not altogether inexcus- able , in appearing fully sensible ...
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... persons , the world would pro- bably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But ... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as ...
... persons , the world would pro- bably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited . But ... person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the statement of facts , as ...
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comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ... James Boswell ... person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have re- solved to adopt ...
comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ... James Boswell ... person , by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the work , I have re- solved to adopt ...
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... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable ...
... person's real character more than the greatest sieges , or the most important battles . " To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit . acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable ...
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comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ... James Boswell. with ... person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . lingness to ...
comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ... James Boswell. with ... person , insensibly follows their cast , and as it were runs into a mould that is ready prepared . lingness to ...
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