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Page 16
So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may
there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and
wished to pass them for his child ' s . He added , “ my father was a foolish old man
...
So difficult is it to obtain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may
there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and
wished to pass them for his child ' s . He added , “ my father was a foolish old man
...
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Mr . Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little
pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved
the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his ...
Mr . Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little
pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved
the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his ...
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This tributary verse receive , my fair , Warm with an ardent lover ' s fondest prayer
. May this returning day for ever find Thy form more lovely , more adorn ' d thy
mind : All pains , all cares , may favouring Heaven remove , All but the sweet ...
This tributary verse receive , my fair , Warm with an ardent lover ' s fondest prayer
. May this returning day for ever find Thy form more lovely , more adorn ' d thy
mind : All pains , all cares , may favouring Heaven remove , All but the sweet ...
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His father seemed very full of the merits of his son , and told the company he was
a good scholar , and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner
appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon ...
His father seemed very full of the merits of his son , and told the company he was
a good scholar , and a poet , and wrote Latin verses . His figure and manner
appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon ...
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To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled somnium
, containing a common thought ; “ that the Muse had come to him in his sleep ,
and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ...
To apologise for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , entitled somnium
, containing a common thought ; “ that the Muse had come to him in his sleep ,
and whispered , that it did not become him to write on such subjects as politicks ...
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| Title | The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 1 The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Edmond Malone |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Edmond Malone |
| Published | 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Sep 2006 |
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