The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... character of Collins the Poet Page 219 CHAPTER XII . - 1763 . First Interview of Boswell with Johnson , at the House of Davies , the Bookseller - Record of Conversation - Boswell's Visit to his Chambers in the Temple - Description of ...
... character of Collins the Poet Page 219 CHAPTER XII . - 1763 . First Interview of Boswell with Johnson , at the House of Davies , the Bookseller - Record of Conversation - Boswell's Visit to his Chambers in the Temple - Description of ...
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... character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment , instead of seeing that I was sensible of all that they could observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when , in one of his ...
... character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have arraigned my judgment , instead of seeing that I was sensible of all that they could observe . It is related of the great Dr. Clarke , that when , in one of his ...
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... character ; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining 1 Idler , No. 84 : - " Those relations are commonly of most value , in which the writer tells his own story . " - BOSWELL . materials concerning him , from every quarter where I could.
... character ; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining 1 Idler , No. 84 : - " Those relations are commonly of most value , in which the writer tells his own story . " - BOSWELL . materials concerning him , from every quarter where I could.
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... character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose ...
... character . His being appointed one of his executors , gave him an opportunity of taking possession of such fragments of a diary and other papers as were left ; of which , before delivering them up to the residuary legatee , whose ...
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... character is more fully understood and illustrated . Indeed , I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writing any man's life , than not only relating all the most important events of it in their order , but interweaving what he ...
... character is more fully understood and illustrated . Indeed , I cannot conceive a more perfect mode of writing any man's life , than not only relating all the most important events of it in their order , but interweaving what he ...
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