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Page 109
... judgement ; it is buttressed by the emphatic testimony of Johnson , whom it cannot be supposed that Boswell ... judgements stand out in high relief . It is instructive to compare his verdict with Boswell's . Gold- smith's vanity , the ...
... judgement ; it is buttressed by the emphatic testimony of Johnson , whom it cannot be supposed that Boswell ... judgements stand out in high relief . It is instructive to compare his verdict with Boswell's . Gold- smith's vanity , the ...
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... judgement the letters are the best possible foundation on which to build an encyclopaedic survey of the age . ' Sooner or later the eighteenth century scholar , be his subject what it may , must consult Walpole's correspondence . ' The ...
... judgement the letters are the best possible foundation on which to build an encyclopaedic survey of the age . ' Sooner or later the eighteenth century scholar , be his subject what it may , must consult Walpole's correspondence . ' The ...
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... the good judgement shown in the dictionary at its best are the articles on the Greek dialects and on Greek metre . Mr. Palmer makes it clear that what are commonly called dialects are not the true local 242 The New Smith.
... the good judgement shown in the dictionary at its best are the articles on the Greek dialects and on Greek metre . Mr. Palmer makes it clear that what are commonly called dialects are not the true local 242 The New Smith.
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