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... man a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - Boswell , who has passed through life with more observation than Reynolds 4 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
... man a Secretary to the British herring fishery , remarkable for an extraordinary number of occasional verses , not of eminent merit . - Boswell , who has passed through life with more observation than Reynolds 4 [ 1780 . THE LIFE OF.
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... minuteness with which people will e 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.
... minuteness with which people will e 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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James Boswell. record the sayings of eminent persons , a story was told , that when Pope was on a visit to Spence at Oxford , as they looked from the window they saw a gentleman com- moner , who was just come in from riding , amusing ...
James Boswell. record the sayings of eminent persons , a story was told , that when Pope was on a visit to Spence at Oxford , as they looked from the window they saw a gentleman com- moner , who was just come in from riding , amusing ...
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... eminent foreigner , when he was shown the British museum , was very troublesome with many absurd enqui- ries . Now there , sir , ' said he , is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman . A Frenchman must be always talking ...
... eminent foreigner , when he was shown the British museum , was very troublesome with many absurd enqui- ries . Now there , sir , ' said he , is the difference between an Englishman and a Frenchman . A Frenchman must be always talking ...
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... eminent in a profession , without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation . It seems strange , ' said he , ' that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only ...
... eminent in a profession , without our perceiving any particular power of mind in them in conversation . It seems strange , ' said he , ' that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only ...
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