The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 9Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... History of England , like a poor invalid on the piquet guard , or like a list of quack medicines sold by the same bookseller , by whom a work of whatever nature is published ; for it has no connection with his History , let it have what ...
... History of England , like a poor invalid on the piquet guard , or like a list of quack medicines sold by the same bookseller , by whom a work of whatever nature is published ; for it has no connection with his History , let it have what ...
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... history of manners is the most valuable . I never set a high value on any other history . " — JOHNSON . " Nor I ; and therefore I esteem biog- raphy , as giving us what comes near to ourselves , what we can turn to use . " - BOSWELL ...
... history of manners is the most valuable . I never set a high value on any other history . " — JOHNSON . " Nor I ; and therefore I esteem biog- raphy , as giving us what comes near to ourselves , what we can turn to use . " - BOSWELL ...
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... history is true or not , if well told . Dr. Johnson said at breakfast to - day , " that it was but of late that historians bestowed pains and attention in consulting records , to attain to accuracy . Bacon , in writing his History of ...
... history is true or not , if well told . Dr. Johnson said at breakfast to - day , " that it was but of late that historians bestowed pains and attention in consulting records , to attain to accuracy . Bacon , in writing his History of ...
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