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... merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong : ' Is there ever a man in all Scotland ...
... merit , unless when they are original . We admire them only once ; and this abruptness has nothing new in it . We have had it often before . Nay , we have it in the old song of Johnny Armstrong : ' Is there ever a man in all Scotland ...
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... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pigmies . He who has provoked the lash of wit , cannot com- plain ...
... merit and worth I think with respect , had he not attacked Johnson so outrageously in his Life of Swift , and , at the same time , treated us his admirers as a set of pigmies . He who has provoked the lash of wit , cannot com- plain ...
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James Boswell. Progress ' has great merit , both for invention , imagination , and the conduct of the story ; and it has had the best evidence of its merit , the general and continued approbation of mankind . Few books , I believe , have ...
James Boswell. Progress ' has great merit , both for invention , imagination , and the conduct of the story ; and it has had the best evidence of its merit , the general and continued approbation of mankind . Few books , I believe , have ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... James Boswell Volledige weergave - 1857 |
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