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Quotation by James Boswell
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"1750" Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)An Account of Corsica 3rd ed. corr. (1769)Boswell: The Applause of the Jury McGraw-Hill (1981)Boswell: The Great Biographer (1989)Boswell: The Ominous Years McGraw-Hill Book Publishing Company, Inc. (1963)Related Subjects
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There was nothing to equal it in the whole history of the Corps Diplomatique.
James Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish author. (Originally published 1791). Life of Johnson, May 15, 1776, p. 776, Oxford University Press (1980).
Burke's compliment to Boswell for bringing together the radical John Wilkes and the conservative Samuel Johnson.
Burke's compliment to Boswell for bringing together the radical John Wilkes and the conservative Samuel Johnson.
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