It is one of Boswell's greatest merits that he is careful o… - Walter Raleigh

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It is one of Boswell's greatest merits that he is careful of his background; wherever it is possible he gives us a full and true account of the persons present, and the incidents and remarks that prompted Johnson's speech.

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Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (5 September 1861 – 13 May 1922) was an English scholar, poet and author.

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Alternative Names: Sir Walter Raleigh • Walter Alexander Raleigh • Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

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Thomas Carlyle Randall Jarrell Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay Clive James Samuel Johnson

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