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... fact that he had spent an evening not with the great clubman , not with the Great Lexicographer , but with the author of The Rambler . Unlike his readers to - day , Boswell was primarily drawn to Johnson by the amazing universality ' of ...
... fact that he had spent an evening not with the great clubman , not with the Great Lexicographer , but with the author of The Rambler . Unlike his readers to - day , Boswell was primarily drawn to Johnson by the amazing universality ' of ...
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... fact , he was engaged upon his task for eight years . In the Plan of 1747 it is characteristic that , although the work was to bring him a degree , it was not undertaken merely as an academic thesis : The value of a work must be ...
... fact , he was engaged upon his task for eight years . In the Plan of 1747 it is characteristic that , although the work was to bring him a degree , it was not undertaken merely as an academic thesis : The value of a work must be ...
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... fact and anecdote as with theories of poetry . He made no attempt to separate the poetry from the personality of the poet , and if he disliked the personality , he frankly coloured his criticism with his dislike . The two best known ...
... fact and anecdote as with theories of poetry . He made no attempt to separate the poetry from the personality of the poet , and if he disliked the personality , he frankly coloured his criticism with his dislike . The two best known ...
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