The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 6Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... praise of a writer who had traversed a wide extent of country in such haste , that he could put together only curt frittered fragments of his own , and afterwards procured supplemental intelligence from parochial ministers , and others ...
... praise of a writer who had traversed a wide extent of country in such haste , that he could put together only curt frittered fragments of his own , and afterwards procured supplemental intelligence from parochial ministers , and others ...
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... praise . It is in order to shew how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood . " BosWELL . " Sometimes it may proceed from a man's strong conscious- ness of his faults being ...
... praise . It is in order to shew how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the reproach of falsehood . " BosWELL . " Sometimes it may proceed from a man's strong conscious- ness of his faults being ...
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... praise his poetry itself highly ; but I can praise its design . " My illustrious friend and I parted with assur- ances of affectionate regard . I wrote to him on the 25th of May , from Thorpe in Yorkshire , one of the seats of Mr. Bos ...
... praise his poetry itself highly ; but I can praise its design . " My illustrious friend and I parted with assur- ances of affectionate regard . I wrote to him on the 25th of May , from Thorpe in Yorkshire , one of the seats of Mr. Bos ...
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