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...Grosvenor Osgood A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Ch... ...d edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furn... ...ty. This Portable Docu- ment file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...f a mass of memoranda. Nevertheless it was rare and diffi- cult, as is the highest achievement in art. Boswell is primarily the artist, and he has cre... ...ing blaze of eloquence, which roused every intellectual power in me to the highest pitch’; and again of the ‘full glow’ of Johnson’s conversation, in ... ...nces. It is a varied world, and includes the smoky and swarming courts and highways of London, its stately drawing-rooms, its cheer- ful inns, its sho... ...mmon mechanicks. His acquaintance with Bennet Langton, Esq. of Langton, in Lincolnshire, another much val- ued friend, commenced soon after the conclu... ...iends?’ About this period he was offered a living of considerable value in Lincolnshire, if he were inclined to enter into holy orders. It was a rec- ... ...at- tention to the minutiae of life and manners. Mr. Burke’s Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America, being mentioned, Johnson ce...