The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1G. Bayntun, 1925 - 1172 pages |
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Page vii
... language . Johnson little knew that he sealed his own fate by this very uncharacteristic reception of a volatile Scottish laird . We are , however , so accustomed to associate the great Doctor with Boswell that we are apt to overlook ...
... language . Johnson little knew that he sealed his own fate by this very uncharacteristic reception of a volatile Scottish laird . We are , however , so accustomed to associate the great Doctor with Boswell that we are apt to overlook ...
Page ix
... Language , and the happy recipient of a Government pension . The incident is admirably described in the Life of Johnson , " Boswell at the time was twenty - three , and Johnson fifty - four . Boswell's Scottish birth was not a ...
... Language , and the happy recipient of a Government pension . The incident is admirably described in the Life of Johnson , " Boswell at the time was twenty - three , and Johnson fifty - four . Boswell's Scottish birth was not a ...
Page xviii
... language with new words . To Boswellise is to apply the method that he pursued in his Life of Johnson , namely , that of studying and recording at first hand every detail in the life , habits , and conversations of his subject . No one ...
... language with new words . To Boswellise is to apply the method that he pursued in his Life of Johnson , namely , that of studying and recording at first hand every detail in the life , habits , and conversations of his subject . No one ...
Page xix
... language exists of his Life of Johnson , although a Swedish appreciation of the Doctor , by Professor Yrjö Hirn , of the University of Helsingfors , has just been published under the title of Doctor Johnson och James Boswell . The ...
... language exists of his Life of Johnson , although a Swedish appreciation of the Doctor , by Professor Yrjö Hirn , of the University of Helsingfors , has just been published under the title of Doctor Johnson och James Boswell . The ...
Page xxiv
... Languages - Flogging - Scottish Accent - Ghost Stories— Ranelagh — Hon . Thomas Erskine - General Oglethorpe - Goldsmith's Natural History - Johnson's Advice to Authors PP . 387-404 CHAPTER XXI — 1772 ( APRIL 6 – DEC . 25 ) GENERAL ...
... Languages - Flogging - Scottish Accent - Ghost Stories— Ranelagh — Hon . Thomas Erskine - General Oglethorpe - Goldsmith's Natural History - Johnson's Advice to Authors PP . 387-404 CHAPTER XXI — 1772 ( APRIL 6 – DEC . 25 ) GENERAL ...
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