Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773McGraw-Hill, 1961 - 520 pages |
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Page 116
... Johnson and I ravenously seized some of the contents . It grew fair a little be- fore dinner , and I took a little walk with Captain Macdonald , from whom I found that Sir Alexander was quite unpopular , and that all his deficiencies ...
... Johnson and I ravenously seized some of the contents . It grew fair a little be- fore dinner , and I took a little walk with Captain Macdonald , from whom I found that Sir Alexander was quite unpopular , and that all his deficiencies ...
Page 237
... Johnson told me that from twenty - one to fifty - six he had read no Greek ; at least not above five chapters of the New Testament . He saw a Xenophon's Cyropaedias in Mr. Thrale's library , and took it down ; and he was not sensible ...
... Johnson told me that from twenty - one to fifty - six he had read no Greek ; at least not above five chapters of the New Testament . He saw a Xenophon's Cyropaedias in Mr. Thrale's library , and took it down ; and he was not sensible ...
Page 349
... Johnson to read aloud Ogden's Sixth Sermon on Prayer , which he did with a distinct and agreeable solemnity . He praised my favourite preacher : his language , his acuteness , and said he fought infidels with their own weapons . He ...
... Johnson to read aloud Ogden's Sixth Sermon on Prayer , which he did with a distinct and agreeable solemnity . He praised my favourite preacher : his language , his acuteness , and said he fought infidels with their own weapons . He ...
Contents
APPENDIX Correspondence between Boswell and Lord Elibank | 405 |
TOPOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT | 452 |
INDEX | 489 |
Copyright | |
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