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" Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and esteems. Her approbation may be said to "come home to his bosom ;" and being so near, its effect is most sensible and permanent. "
Putnam's Monthly - Page 392
1854
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...and 'tafte he had great confidence, faid to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this." Diftant praife, from whatever quarter, is not fo delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler 'had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this." Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of The Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written anything equal to this'.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of The Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written anything equal to this'.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a...
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Solitude. Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the ..., Volume 1

Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1800 - 410 pages
...tafte and judgment he had great confidence : te I thought very " well of you before," faid flie ; " but I did not imagine you " could have written any thing equal to this." — " Diftant " praife," continues Mr. Bofwell, " from whatever quar" ter, is not fo delightful as...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of tho Rambler had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this." Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, " I thought very well of you before ; but I did not imagine you could have written any thing equa| to this." Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...and taste he had great confidence,, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before ; but I did not...imagine you could have written any thing equal to this.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before; but I did not imagine you could have written any thing equal to this.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of the Rambler had come out, ' I thought very well of you before; but I did not imagine you could have written any thing equal to this.' Distant praise, from whatever quarter, is not so delightful as that of a wife whom a man loves and...
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