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... never ceased , and will never cease , to interest . And the reason is plain - Boswell was honest . Vain , if you like ; conceited , if you please ; but a master in his own art , and firmly convinced that the truth is more interesting ...
... never ceased , and will never cease , to interest . And the reason is plain - Boswell was honest . Vain , if you like ; conceited , if you please ; but a master in his own art , and firmly convinced that the truth is more interesting ...
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... never spoken a word that was recorded ; did we know as little of him as we know of Shakes- peare ; his writings would have assured him a permanent place in English letters . Fortunately an author's fame is not determined by the avid ...
... never spoken a word that was recorded ; did we know as little of him as we know of Shakes- peare ; his writings would have assured him a permanent place in English letters . Fortunately an author's fame is not determined by the avid ...
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... never feel it at all . And as for the fear of God , I say deliberately that it is one of the worst signs in modern Christianity that men and women do not fear God . Religion without fear is not the religion of the New Testament any more ...
... never feel it at all . And as for the fear of God , I say deliberately that it is one of the worst signs in modern Christianity that men and women do not fear God . Religion without fear is not the religion of the New Testament any more ...
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