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Pagina vi
... style of narrative , it was considered as hardly fair to his memory , that his text should not appear pure and unbroken . 9 The division of Boswell's text into chapters , now for the first time adopted , will , the Editors vi PREFACE .
... style of narrative , it was considered as hardly fair to his memory , that his text should not appear pure and unbroken . 9 The division of Boswell's text into chapters , now for the first time adopted , will , the Editors vi PREFACE .
Pagina xiv
... style , and without ( which seems odd enough ) any palpable imitation of Johnson . But in recording conversa- tions he is unrivalled : that he was eminently accurate in sub- stance , we have the evidence of all his contemporaries ; but ...
... style , and without ( which seems odd enough ) any palpable imitation of Johnson . But in recording conversa- tions he is unrivalled : that he was eminently accurate in sub- stance , we have the evidence of all his contemporaries ; but ...
Pagina xvi
... style and 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 ...
... style and 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 ...
Pagina 15
... style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the ...
... style of diffidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the ...
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... style and sentiments , and the real im- portance of your materials , have the art ( which one would imagine no one could have missed ) of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary history . - Nov ...
... style and sentiments , and the real im- portance of your materials , have the art ( which one would imagine no one could have missed ) of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary history . - Nov ...
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