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Page xi
... excellent of its kind , and served in good order . Johnson's earliest letter from Johnson's Court is dated 17th October , 1765 ; and he left it in March 1776 for 8 , Bolt Court , between Gough Square and Fleet Street . No. 8 stood upon ...
... excellent of its kind , and served in good order . Johnson's earliest letter from Johnson's Court is dated 17th October , 1765 ; and he left it in March 1776 for 8 , Bolt Court , between Gough Square and Fleet Street . No. 8 stood upon ...
Page xiii
... in violet , and a cast of the bust by Nollekens placed on the ledge in front . The occasion was also marked by an excellent address from the Rector , Dr. John Lindsay . - a was promptly acted on by some young men INTRODUCTION Xiii.
... in violet , and a cast of the bust by Nollekens placed on the ledge in front . The occasion was also marked by an excellent address from the Rector , Dr. John Lindsay . - a was promptly acted on by some young men INTRODUCTION Xiii.
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... excellent place of publick amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , ” as Boswell calls it , there is no direct record , although he was well known to one of the two sons of the proprietor , the anecdotical Tom Tyers , the " Tom Restless " of the ...
... excellent place of publick amusement , Vauxhall Gardens , ” as Boswell calls it , there is no direct record , although he was well known to one of the two sons of the proprietor , the anecdotical Tom Tyers , the " Tom Restless " of the ...
Page xviii
... excellent dinners , and were famous for their hospitality to literary men . Goldsmith , Toplady , Scott of Amwela , Dr. Lettsom ( the other Bolt Court doctor ) , Orme the historian , Miss Seward , Capel Lofft , Beattie , —are some of ...
... excellent dinners , and were famous for their hospitality to literary men . Goldsmith , Toplady , Scott of Amwela , Dr. Lettsom ( the other Bolt Court doctor ) , Orme the historian , Miss Seward , Capel Lofft , Beattie , —are some of ...
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... excellent , digressing from Gray and Goldsmith to ghosts and other themes , which ( with the wine ) and " the orthodox high - church sound of the MITRE , " produced in Boswell " a variety of sensations , and a pleasing elevation of mind ...
... excellent , digressing from Gray and Goldsmith to ghosts and other themes , which ( with the wine ) and " the orthodox high - church sound of the MITRE , " produced in Boswell " a variety of sensations , and a pleasing elevation of mind ...
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