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Pagina vi
... character of Boswell . Alto- gether unrivalled in his own style of narrative , it was considered as hardly fair to his memory , that his text should not appear pure and unbroken . The division of Boswell's text into chapters , now for ...
... character of Boswell . Alto- gether unrivalled in his own style of narrative , it was considered as hardly fair to his memory , that his text should not appear pure and unbroken . The division of Boswell's text into chapters , now for ...
Pagina ix
... character and station opened to him , when preparing the edition of 1831 , many new and most interesting sources of information , both manuscript and oral . He acknowledges more especially , in his preface , the copious communications ...
... character and station opened to him , when preparing the edition of 1831 , many new and most interesting sources of information , both manuscript and oral . He acknowledges more especially , in his preface , the copious communications ...
Pagina xiv
... character for the patient indulgence with which every body submitted to sit for their pictures . " Nor were his talents inconsiderable . He had looked a good deal into books , and more into the world . The narrative portion of his work ...
... character for the patient indulgence with which every body submitted to sit for their pictures . " Nor were his talents inconsiderable . He had looked a good deal into books , and more into the world . The narrative portion of his work ...
Pagina xvi
... character of the parties more happily than my friend James Boswell . " - Memoirs , vol . ii . p . 227 . Farrington . " Of those who were frequently at Sir Joshua Reynolds's parties , Mr. Boswell was very acceptable to him . He was a man ...
... character of the parties more happily than my friend James Boswell . " - Memoirs , vol . ii . p . 227 . Farrington . " Of those who were frequently at Sir Joshua Reynolds's parties , Mr. Boswell was very acceptable to him . He was a man ...
Pagina xvii
... character . He made none but home - thrusts , but desperate lounges , but palpable hits . No turgidity ; no flaccidness ; no bloated flesh : all was a muscular strength and agility . It was this vigorous and PREFACE . XVA.
... character . He made none but home - thrusts , but desperate lounges , but palpable hits . No turgidity ; no flaccidness ; no bloated flesh : all was a muscular strength and agility . It was this vigorous and PREFACE . XVA.
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