Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page iii
... John Wilkes - Their after - dinner Conversation - Garrick - M'Swinney - Colley Cibber - Horace's " Dif- ficile est propriè communia dicere " -Elkanah Settle , the " City Poet " -Johnson's Ideas of Scotland - Mr . Wilkes and the Attorney ...
... John Wilkes - Their after - dinner Conversation - Garrick - M'Swinney - Colley Cibber - Horace's " Dif- ficile est propriè communia dicere " -Elkanah Settle , the " City Poet " -Johnson's Ideas of Scotland - Mr . Wilkes and the Attorney ...
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... John Wesley - Henry Constantine Jennings and Alcibiades ' Dog - Boar of Florence - Emigration - The House of Commons - Place - hunters - Irish Language -Thicknesse's Travels - Anecdote of Sir Godfrey Kneller - Dr . Kennedy's Tragedy -On ...
... John Wesley - Henry Constantine Jennings and Alcibiades ' Dog - Boar of Florence - Emigration - The House of Commons - Place - hunters - Irish Language -Thicknesse's Travels - Anecdote of Sir Godfrey Kneller - Dr . Kennedy's Tragedy -On ...
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... Lord Marchmont - Pope - Parnell's " Hermit " - Boswell's Departure for Scotland - Correspondence - Boswell's Introduction to John Wesley -- Death of Edward Dilly 218 232 250 CHAPTER XV . - 1779-1780 . Dr. Johnson's Leisure - CONTENTS .
... Lord Marchmont - Pope - Parnell's " Hermit " - Boswell's Departure for Scotland - Correspondence - Boswell's Introduction to John Wesley -- Death of Edward Dilly 218 232 250 CHAPTER XV . - 1779-1780 . Dr. Johnson's Leisure - CONTENTS .
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... John Wilkes -- Conduct of Mr. Akerman , Governor of Newgate - Correspondence -Boswell's Brother David - Dr . Beattie - Davies's Memoirs of Garrick - Dr . Dunbar -Advice to Divines - Johnson's Instructions on the Composition of Sermons ...
... John Wilkes -- Conduct of Mr. Akerman , Governor of Newgate - Correspondence -Boswell's Brother David - Dr . Beattie - Davies's Memoirs of Garrick - Dr . Dunbar -Advice to Divines - Johnson's Instructions on the Composition of Sermons ...
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James Boswell. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE , JOHNSON'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH JOHN WILKES . TITLE - PAGE , Portrait of Dr. JOHNSON , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR J REYNOLDS , 1778 . JOHNSON PUTTING HIS BOOKS IN ORDER OMAI , FROM A ...
James Boswell. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE , JOHNSON'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH JOHN WILKES . TITLE - PAGE , Portrait of Dr. JOHNSON , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR J REYNOLDS , 1778 . JOHNSON PUTTING HIS BOOKS IN ORDER OMAI , FROM A ...
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