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... Boswell replied , ( Yes , Sir ; you tossed and gored several persons.'16 However , clear thinking was the essential aim . It is not as the testy pedant but as the insistent definer of the qualities of things that he should be regarded ...
... Boswell replied , ( Yes , Sir ; you tossed and gored several persons.'16 However , clear thinking was the essential aim . It is not as the testy pedant but as the insistent definer of the qualities of things that he should be regarded ...
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... Boswell was often responsible for selecting the ground on which any contest would be fought . Since Johnson was like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to ' , 23 his biographer had to develop the skills of leading the ...
... Boswell was often responsible for selecting the ground on which any contest would be fought . Since Johnson was like a ghost : you never speak till you are spoken to ' , 23 his biographer had to develop the skills of leading the ...
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... Boswell's Journal , pp . 215-16 . Ibid . , p . 41 . 22 . A Journey , p . 9 . 23 . Ibid . , p . 144 . 24 . Ibid . , p . 152 . 25 . Ibid . , P. 6 . 26 . Ibid . , P. 65 . 27 . Ibid . , p . 111 . 28 . Ibid . , P. 117 . 29 . Ibid . , P. 51 ...
... Boswell's Journal , pp . 215-16 . Ibid . , p . 41 . 22 . A Journey , p . 9 . 23 . Ibid . , p . 144 . 24 . Ibid . , p . 152 . 25 . Ibid . , P. 6 . 26 . Ibid . , P. 65 . 27 . Ibid . , p . 111 . 28 . Ibid . , P. 117 . 29 . Ibid . , P. 51 ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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