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James Boswell. would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and would never have been quoted as furnishing an example to lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he ...
James Boswell. would have abstained from many a trivial detail , and would never have been quoted as furnishing an example to lord Bacon's maxim , " that it is not given unto man to love and to be wise . " But had he loved less , he ...
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... never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence ...
... never be suspected of a suggestion of the false . The value of this candour may be best estimated , by considering the important effects it would have produced had the historians and biographers of every age been under its influence ...
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... never receive any of these tributes of applause from abroad . One instance I recol- lect of a foreign publication , in which mention is made of l'illustre Lockman a " " " Of sir Joshua Reynolds , he said , ' Sir , I know no man a ...
... never receive any of these tributes of applause from abroad . One instance I recol- lect of a foreign publication , in which mention is made of l'illustre Lockman a " " " Of sir Joshua Reynolds , he said , ' Sir , I know no man a ...
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... " Talking of the minuteness with which people will In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says , " I never see Garrick . " - MALONE . record the sayings of eminent persons , a story was 6 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... " Talking of the minuteness with which people will In a letter written by Johnson to a friend in Jan. 1742-3 , he says , " I never see Garrick . " - MALONE . record the sayings of eminent persons , a story was 6 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... never were brought together . " " 66 • Talking of Gray's odes , he said , ' They are forced plants , raised in a hotbed ; and they are poor plants : they are but cucumbers after all . ' A gentleman present , who had been running down ...
... never were brought together . " " 66 • Talking of Gray's odes , he said , ' They are forced plants , raised in a hotbed ; and they are poor plants : they are but cucumbers after all . ' A gentleman present , who had been running down ...
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acquaintance admirable Anecdotes answered appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention believe Bennet Langton bishop Brocklesby Burke Burney character club consider conversation curiosity dear sir death dined dropsy edition eminent English entertained expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give glad happy honour hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield literary live London lord lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad madam Malone manner mentioned merit mind never observed occasion once opinion Oxford perhaps person pleased pleasure poet Pope pounds praise prayers publick published racter recollect remark respect reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland seems sir John sir John Hawkins sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told translation verses whig Wilkes WILLIAM GERARD HAMILTON wish write written wrote young