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... persons still living could not but excite . But this motive has gradually become weaker , and may now be said to be extinct ; yet we do not find that the popularity of the work , though somewhat changed in quality , is really diminished ...
... persons still living could not but excite . But this motive has gradually become weaker , and may now be said to be extinct ; yet we do not find that the popularity of the work , though somewhat changed in quality , is really diminished ...
Pagina vi
... persons and incidents of private life : many circumstances known to all the world when Mr. Boswell wrote are already ... person or on what occasion that happy expression was used . Again : When Mr. Boswell's capricious delicacy induced ...
... persons and incidents of private life : many circumstances known to all the world when Mr. Boswell wrote are already ... person or on what occasion that happy expression was used . Again : When Mr. Boswell's capricious delicacy induced ...
Pagina viii
... persons of his scene ; some of whom he ob- trudes into broad day , while others he only " adum- brates " by imperfect allusions . But many , even of those the most clearly designated and spoken of as per- sons familiar to every ear ...
... persons of his scene ; some of whom he ob- trudes into broad day , while others he only " adum- brates " by imperfect allusions . But many , even of those the most clearly designated and spoken of as per- sons familiar to every ear ...
Pagina xi
... person writing from recollection , and not from notes made at the moment , can be . As Mr. Boswell had borrowed much from Sir J. Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi , the editor has thought himself justified in borrowing more ; and he has therefore ...
... person writing from recollection , and not from notes made at the moment , can be . As Mr. Boswell had borrowed much from Sir J. Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi , the editor has thought himself justified in borrowing more ; and he has therefore ...
Pagina xxi
... persons who suggested this work to the editor : he was pleased to take a great interest in it , and kindly endeavoured to explain the obscurities which were stated to him ; but he confessed , at the same time , that the applica- tion ...
... persons who suggested this work to the editor : he was pleased to take a great interest in it , and kindly endeavoured to explain the obscurities which were stated to him ; but he confessed , at the same time , that the applica- tion ...
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