Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

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Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

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Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

CHF 11.40 CHF 5.70
Author: Boswell, James,1740-1795
Format: eBook
Language: English

Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica

I now beg leave to present the world with a more correct edition of my Account of Corsica. I return my sincere thanks to those who have taken the trouble to point out several faults, with a spirit of candid criticism. I hope they will not be offended that in one or two places I have preserved my own reading, contrary to their opinion; as I never would own that I am wrong, till I am convinced that it is so. My orthography I have sufficiently explained; and although some pleasantry has been shewn, I have not met with one argument against it. * * * * * * While I have a proper sense of my obligations to those who have treated me with candour, I do not forget that there have been others who have chosen to treat me in an illiberal manner. The resentment of some has evidently arisen from the grateful admiration which I have expressed of Mr. Samuel Johnson. Over such, it is a triumph to me to assure them, that I never cease to think of Mr. Johnson with the same warmth of affection, and the same dignity of veneration. The resentment of others it is more difficult to explain. For what should make men attack one who never offended them, who has done his best to entertain them, and who is engaged in the most[Pg 136] generous cause? But I am told by those who have gone before me in literature, that the attacks of such should rather flatter me, than give me displeasure. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 20263
Author: Boswell, James
Release Date: Jan 4, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903

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