- Biography, Description and travel, English Authors, Early works to 1800
Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer.
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Earnest, prestige, warm and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- rawmeticulous
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- James Boswell
- First published
- 1776
- Pages
- 618
- Publisher
- John Murray, Allison and Busby, G. Routledge
- Editions
- 238
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780192835314
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“To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others, and who, whether we consider his extraordinary endowments or his various works, has been equalled by few in any age, is an arduous, and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task.”
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