Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page iii
... Lord Charles Hay - Public Schools and Universities - Mr . Maclaurin - Law of Libel- The Roman Catholic Religion- " The all - knowing " Mr. Jackson - Anecdote of Mr. Fowke - Jack Ellis , the Money Scrivener - Johnson's Ideas of Gaming ...
... Lord Charles Hay - Public Schools and Universities - Mr . Maclaurin - Law of Libel- The Roman Catholic Religion- " The all - knowing " Mr. Jackson - Anecdote of Mr. Fowke - Jack Ellis , the Money Scrivener - Johnson's Ideas of Gaming ...
Page iv
... Lord Scarsdale - Dr . Manningham - Bennet Langton - Arrival at Derby - Dr . Butter - Dr . Nicholls - Anecdote of Dr. Dodd - Blair's Sermons- Early Rising and its Difficulties - Sleep - Johnson's Opinion of Water - drinking- Rutty's ...
... Lord Scarsdale - Dr . Manningham - Bennet Langton - Arrival at Derby - Dr . Butter - Dr . Nicholls - Anecdote of Dr. Dodd - Blair's Sermons- Early Rising and its Difficulties - Sleep - Johnson's Opinion of Water - drinking- Rutty's ...
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... Lord Camden - Garrick - On Surviving Friends - Work on Agri- culture - Mr . Duncombe - Psalmanazar - Hon . Daines Barrington - The Pillory- Johnson's Ire against the Americans - Extravagance of Wealth - Revelation- Energy of Johnson's ...
... Lord Camden - Garrick - On Surviving Friends - Work on Agri- culture - Mr . Duncombe - Psalmanazar - Hon . Daines Barrington - The Pillory- Johnson's Ire against the Americans - Extravagance of Wealth - Revelation- Energy of Johnson's ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke and Pope's " Essay on Man " -Johnson's various Residences in London - Conjugal Infidelity - Johnson's Aversion to Roman Catholics - Study of Greek - Miss Graham - Middlesex Election - House of Commons -Whitefield ...
... Lord Bolingbroke and Pope's " Essay on Man " -Johnson's various Residences in London - Conjugal Infidelity - Johnson's Aversion to Roman Catholics - Study of Greek - Miss Graham - Middlesex Election - House of Commons -Whitefield ...
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... LORD GEORGE GORDON , FROM A CONTEMPORARY DRAWING BY R. BRAW . LORD MANSFIELD , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR J. REYNOLDS NEWGATE , 1780 , FROM A CONTEMPORARY PRINT . 281 · 282 285 286 • 287 MR . ALDERMAN WILKES , FROM A CONTEMPORARY PRINT 288 ...
... LORD GEORGE GORDON , FROM A CONTEMPORARY DRAWING BY R. BRAW . LORD MANSFIELD , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR J. REYNOLDS NEWGATE , 1780 , FROM A CONTEMPORARY PRINT . 281 · 282 285 286 • 287 MR . ALDERMAN WILKES , FROM A CONTEMPORARY PRINT 288 ...
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