Monday, March 14, 2016
Daily Dose
From Obiter Dicta: Second Series, by Augustine Birrell
BOSWELL'S BOOK
"Boswell's book is an arch of triumph, through which, as we read, we see his hero passing into eternal fame, to take up his place with those --
'Dead but sceptered sovereigns who still rule
Our spirits from their urns.'"
From Dr. Johnson
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