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But , even there , the talk is less well recorded than in Boswell's Johnson ; and less worth recording . Johnson , in short , was not only great , he was incredibly lucky . He not only had Reynolds to paint him , he had Boswell .
But , even there , the talk is less well recorded than in Boswell's Johnson ; and less worth recording . Johnson , in short , was not only great , he was incredibly lucky . He not only had Reynolds to paint him , he had Boswell .
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2 In the MS of the Tour ( September 16 , 1773 ) Boswell recorded Johnson as saying ' he'd make a very good eunuch ' . Which strange notion he then proceeded to amplify in detail . Boswell seems to have writhed much more at these ...
2 In the MS of the Tour ( September 16 , 1773 ) Boswell recorded Johnson as saying ' he'd make a very good eunuch ' . Which strange notion he then proceeded to amplify in detail . Boswell seems to have writhed much more at these ...
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But this careful recording is only part of a larger passion for accuracy in biography which does Boswell all the more credit because the need for truth in biography or history has not always been the truism it has now become .
But this careful recording is only part of a larger passion for accuracy in biography which does Boswell all the more credit because the need for truth in biography or history has not always been the truism it has now become .
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