...od A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charles Grosveno... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgo... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charles Grosveno... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgo... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Boswell’s Life of Johnson Life of Johnson by James Boswell Boswell’s Life o... ...al opportunity university. 3 Boswell’s Life of Johnson Life of Johnson by James Boswell Boswell’s Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introd... ...- served in his sprightly manner, with more vi- vacity than regard to just discrimination, as is usual with wits: ‘When Johnson lived much with the He... ...only who live with a man can write his life with any genuine exactness and discrimination; and few people who have lived with a man know 328 Boswell’... ...ut in practice.’ Dr. Johnson, who, as I have observed before, delighted in discrimination of character, and having a masterly knowledge of human natur...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of great...