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Pagina xiii
... nature , but in forms too didactic and ponderous to be very amusing . If the editor could have ventured to make so great an alteration in Mr. Boswell's original plan , he would - instead of adding so many letters1 - have been inclined ...
... nature , but in forms too didactic and ponderous to be very amusing . If the editor could have ventured to make so great an alteration in Mr. Boswell's original plan , he would - instead of adding so many letters1 - have been inclined ...
Pagina xxi
... nature to every body They were transmitted by post , addressed to Sir Walter Scott in Edinburgh for his perusal ; after a considerable lapse of time , Sir Walter was written to to return them he had never had them . It then appeared ...
... nature to every body They were transmitted by post , addressed to Sir Walter Scott in Edinburgh for his perusal ; after a considerable lapse of time , Sir Walter was written to to return them he had never had them . It then appeared ...
Pagina xxiv
... nature of the work itself , the repé- titions in some instances and the contradictions in others , are perplexing to those who may seek for Dr. Johnson's final opinion on any given subject , This difficulty the editor could not hope ...
... nature of the work itself , the repé- titions in some instances and the contradictions in others , are perplexing to those who may seek for Dr. Johnson's final opinion on any given subject , This difficulty the editor could not hope ...
Pagina xxviii
... nature and conviviality with the lowest . describes society of all classes with the happiest dis- crimination . Even his foibles assisted his curiosity ; he was sometimes laughed at , but always well re- ceived ; he excited no envy , he ...
... nature and conviviality with the lowest . describes society of all classes with the happiest dis- crimination . Even his foibles assisted his curiosity ; he was sometimes laughed at , but always well re- ceived ; he excited no envy , he ...
Pagina xxx
... importance and dogmatical good - nature were never more strongly expressed . - ED . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. COMPREHENDING XXX PREFACE TO THIS EDITION . provincial painter in a lawyer's wig or a squire's ...
... importance and dogmatical good - nature were never more strongly expressed . - ED . THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. COMPREHENDING XXX PREFACE TO THIS EDITION . provincial painter in a lawyer's wig or a squire's ...
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