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... soon drowned in the general applause . And no wonder - the work com- bines within itself , the four most entertaining classes of writing - biography , memoirs , familiar letters , and that assemblage of literary anecdotes which the ...
... soon drowned in the general applause . And no wonder - the work com- bines within itself , the four most entertaining classes of writing - biography , memoirs , familiar letters , and that assemblage of literary anecdotes which the ...
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... soon . " Mr. Boswell's delicacy is termed capricious , be- cause he is on some occasions candid even to indis- cretion , and on others unaccountably mysterious . In the report of a conversation he will clearly designate half the ...
... soon . " Mr. Boswell's delicacy is termed capricious , be- cause he is on some occasions candid even to indis- cretion , and on others unaccountably mysterious . In the report of a conversation he will clearly designate half the ...
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... soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be ...
... soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance , except by his most prominent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be ...
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... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers of a periodical Essay , printed in the news- paper of which Warren was ...
... soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers of a periodical Essay , printed in the news- paper of which Warren was ...
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... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
... soon done , one Osborn , who was Mr. Warren's printer , was set to work with what was ready , and Johnson engaged to supply the press with copy as it should be wanted ; but his constitutional indolence soon prevailed , and the work was ...
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