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James Boswell. known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself ...
James Boswell. known to the world , that he has been thought worthy of particular attention by a person of the first eminence in the age in which he lived , whose company has been universally courted ; I am justified in availing myself ...
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... mis- chievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment . The idle and illiterate will often shelter themselves under what they say in those moments . " - Life of BLACKMORE . to be a great fool , as to that particular DEDICATION . vii.
... mis- chievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment . The idle and illiterate will often shelter themselves under what they say in those moments . " - Life of BLACKMORE . to be a great fool , as to that particular DEDICATION . vii.
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James Boswell. to be a great fool , as to that particular , on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , there- fore , in this work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in ...
James Boswell. to be a great fool , as to that particular , on which it has become necessary to speak very plainly . I have , there- fore , in this work been more reserved ; and though I tell nothing but the truth , I have still kept in ...
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... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
... particular friends , but of many other learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto ...
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... particular selection from his general conversa- tion , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the ...
... particular selection from his general conversa- tion , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the ...
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