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Pagina vii
... 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 in- dulged 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 in- dulged his partialities or ...
Pagina ix
... reasons which induced him to adopt so unusual a course . The first and most cogent is the authority of Mr. Boswell himself ; who in his original edition inserted , and in his subsequent editions continued to add , letters , memoranda ...
... reasons which induced him to adopt so unusual a course . The first and most cogent is the authority of Mr. Boswell himself ; who in his original edition inserted , and in his subsequent editions continued to add , letters , memoranda ...
Pagina x
... reason claims to be . Mr. Boswell took , indeed , extraordinary and most laudable pains to attain accuracy ' . Not only did he commit to paper at night the conversation of the day , but even in general society he would occasionally take ...
... reason claims to be . Mr. Boswell took , indeed , extraordinary and most laudable pains to attain accuracy ' . Not only did he commit to paper at night the conversation of the day , but even in general society he would occasionally take ...
Pagina xiv
... reason to suppose he never could have intended to submit to any human eye but his own . Well understood , as the secret confessions of his own contrite conscience , they do honour to Dr. Johnson's purity and piety ; but very different ...
... reason to suppose he never could have intended to submit to any human eye but his own . Well understood , as the secret confessions of his own contrite conscience , they do honour to Dr. Johnson's purity and piety ; but very different ...
Pagina xv
... his subsequent editions , omitted some and softened down other passages , which , the reason for the alterations having gone by , are restored . -ED . 5. The whole of an Account of the early Life PREFACE TO THIS EDITION . XV.
... his subsequent editions , omitted some and softened down other passages , which , the reason for the alterations having gone by , are restored . -ED . 5. The whole of an Account of the early Life PREFACE TO THIS EDITION . XV.
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