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Pagina xxxv
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it ...
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this work will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it ...
Pagina xliii
... reason , he casts into studied obscurity . Considering himself to be ( as he certainly has been to a greater degree than he could have contemplated ) one of the distributors of fame , he has sometimes indulged his partialities or ...
... reason , he casts into studied obscurity . Considering himself to be ( as he certainly has been to a greater degree than he could have contemplated ) one of the distributors of fame , he has sometimes indulged his partialities or ...
Pagina xlv
... reason , claims to be . exempt from those errors- 66 quas aut incuria fudit , Aut humana parum cavit natura ; " and an attentive examination and collation of the authorities ( and particularly of Mr. Boswell's own ) produced the final ...
... reason , claims to be . exempt from those errors- 66 quas aut incuria fudit , Aut humana parum cavit natura ; " and an attentive examination and collation of the authorities ( and particularly of Mr. Boswell's own ) produced the final ...
Pagina liii
... reason , occasion- ally complained of him as vain , inquisitive , troublesome , and giddy ; but his vanity was inoffensive - his curiosity was commonly directed towards laudable objects - when he meddled , he did so , generally , from ...
... reason , occasion- ally complained of him as vain , inquisitive , troublesome , and giddy ; but his vanity was inoffensive - his curiosity was commonly directed towards laudable objects - when he meddled , he did so , generally , from ...
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... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an ...
... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an ...
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