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Unfortunately the talk of great men is seldom preserved . We have , it is true , such books as Coleridge's Table - talk , or Goethe's conversations with Eckermann . But , even there , the talk is less well recorded than in Boswell's ...
Unfortunately the talk of great men is seldom preserved . We have , it is true , such books as Coleridge's Table - talk , or Goethe's conversations with Eckermann . But , even there , the talk is less well recorded than in Boswell's ...
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Johnson impresses us by what he is , but still more by what he says . Take the talk out of Boswell's Life , and it would collapse like an animal deprived of its heart ; take the talk out of Boswell's Hebrides , and it ...
Johnson impresses us by what he is , but still more by what he says . Take the talk out of Boswell's Life , and it would collapse like an animal deprived of its heart ; take the talk out of Boswell's Hebrides , and it ...
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Thirdly , there is a man's talk - more spontaneous than his books or letters — but usually far less authentically recorded . None the less , where the reporting is good and the circumstances known , I do not know what reveals a man's ...
Thirdly , there is a man's talk - more spontaneous than his books or letters — but usually far less authentically recorded . None the less , where the reporting is good and the circumstances known , I do not know what reveals a man's ...
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