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" I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writing any man's life, than not only relating all the most important events of it in their order, but interweaving what he privately wrote, and said, and thought ; by which mankind are enabled, as it were, to... "
The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the ... - Page 22
by James Boswell - 1835
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...him live, and to " live o'er each fcene" with him, as he actually advanced through the feveral ftages of his life. Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was, he might have been almoft entirely preferved. As it is, I will venture to fay that he will be feen in this work more completely...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...he might have been almoft entirely preferved. As it is, I will venture to fay that he will be feen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived. And he will be feen as he really was ; for I profefs to write, not his panegyrick, which muft be all praife, but his...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...and thought ; by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live, and to " live o'er each scene" with him, as he actually advanced through the several...as diligent and ardent as I was, he might have been •.ilmnsí entirely preserved. As it is, I will venture to say that he will be seen in this work more...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. With copious notes by Malone

James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...and thought ; by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live, and to " live o'er each scene" with him, as he actually advanced through the several stages of his' Ufe. Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was, he might have been almost entirely...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...and thought ; by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live, and to " live o'er each scene" at he thought of Lord Lvttelton's history, which lile. Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was, he rnûçht have been almost entirely...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...thought; bjr which mankind are enabled as it were u> iee him live, and to " live o'er each scene " with him, as he actually advanced through the several...ardent as I was, he might have been almost entirely pri-served. As it is, I will venture to say that he will be seen in this work more completely than...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 34

James Boswell - 1860 - 948 pages
...live, | and to "live o'er each scene " with him, аз he , actually advanced through the several slaves of ! his life. Had his other friends been as diligent...have been almost entirely preserved. As it is, I will Tenture to say, that he will be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived....
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Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...and thought ; by which mankind are enabled as it were to see him live, and to "live o'er each scene" Iriends been as diligent and ardent as I was, he might have been almost entirely preserved. As it is,...
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The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle ..., Volume 1

William John Fitz-Patrick - 1861 - 548 pages
...and said, and thought, by which mankind are enabled to see him live, and to ' live o'er each scene' with him, as he actually advanced through the several stages of his life." In December, 1826, Dr. Doyle addressed to the principal Parish Priests in his diocess a letter, containing...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...thought ; by which mankind are enabled, as it were, to see him live, and to ' live o'er each scene' * with him, as he actually advanced through the several...man who has ever yet lived. And he will be seen as ho really was ; for I profess to write, not his panegyric, which must be all praise, but his life,...
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