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" There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one... "
Essays from the Rambler and the Idler, with Passages from the Lives of the ... - Page 17
by Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 179 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 544 pages
...characters adorned with uniform panegyrick, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances. . " Let me remember, (says...to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth."* What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work, is, the quantity it contains of Johnson's...
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