Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page iii
... Scotland - Mr . Wilkes and the Attorney - General - Mrs . Knowles , the Quaker Lady - Johnson expresses his Delight with Mr. Wilkes's Company - The fascinating but infamous Margaret Caroline Rudd • CHAPTER III . - 1776-1777 . Boswell's ...
... Scotland - Mr . Wilkes and the Attorney - General - Mrs . Knowles , the Quaker Lady - Johnson expresses his Delight with Mr. Wilkes's Company - The fascinating but infamous Margaret Caroline Rudd • CHAPTER III . - 1776-1777 . Boswell's ...
Page iv
... Scotland - Edensor Inn , and ludicrous Character given of Johnson- Correspondence between Boswell and Johnson - The Negro Cause decided - Mr . Florence Wilson - Mr . Saunders Welch - Advice to Travellers - Parnell , the Poet- " Taxation ...
... Scotland - Edensor Inn , and ludicrous Character given of Johnson- Correspondence between Boswell and Johnson - The Negro Cause decided - Mr . Florence Wilson - Mr . Saunders Welch - Advice to Travellers - Parnell , the Poet- " Taxation ...
Page v
... Scotland - Corres- pondence - Thomson's Sister - Visit to Warley Camp - Mr . Langton - Dr . Burney— Rev. J. Hussey - Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Discourses " CHAPTER XIV . - 1779 . • • Publication of Johnson's " Lives of the Poets " -Death ...
... Scotland - Corres- pondence - Thomson's Sister - Visit to Warley Camp - Mr . Langton - Dr . Burney— Rev. J. Hussey - Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Discourses " CHAPTER XIV . - 1779 . • • Publication of Johnson's " Lives of the Poets " -Death ...
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... Scotland , Psal . xliii . v . 5 . 46 ' Why art thou then cast down , my soul ? What should discourage thee ? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me ? " Some allowance must , no doubt , be made for early prepossession ...
... Scotland , Psal . xliii . v . 5 . 46 ' Why art thou then cast down , my soul ? What should discourage thee ? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me ? " Some allowance must , no doubt , be made for early prepossession ...
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... Scotland , now one of the Judges of the Court of Session , with the title of Lord Henderland . I men- tioned Mr. Solicitor's relation , Lord Charles Hay , with whom I knew Dr. Johnson had been acquainted . JOHNSON : " I wrote some thing ...
... Scotland , now one of the Judges of the Court of Session , with the title of Lord Henderland . I men- tioned Mr. Solicitor's relation , Lord Charles Hay , with whom I knew Dr. Johnson had been acquainted . JOHNSON : " I wrote some thing ...
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