Word: proto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twenty-four, James Boswell was startlingly pompous. He did, of course, have one of the beat proto types in England to study and, since Boswell is over adaptable, the blame might be all laid to Dr. Johnson. In this third volume of Boswell's journals, the Scot's pomposity has increased with his growing opinion of his own abilities...