Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page vi
... - Mr . Macbean - Lord Thurlow - Mr . Thrale's Election Defeat - Mrs . Desmoulins a candidate for the office of Matron of Chartreux . • 267 • • 285 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE , JOHNSON'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH vi CONTENTS .
... - Mr . Macbean - Lord Thurlow - Mr . Thrale's Election Defeat - Mrs . Desmoulins a candidate for the office of Matron of Chartreux . • 267 • • 285 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE , JOHNSON'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH vi CONTENTS .
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... JOSHUA REYNOLDS . MR . C. J. Fox , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS THE DRAWING - ROOM AT THRALE PLACE , FROM A DRAWING BY W. H. PYNE ALCIBIADES ' DOG 150 156 156 166 168 169 · 170 178 179 DR . PORTEUS , FROM A PAINTING BY H. BURCH.
... JOSHUA REYNOLDS . MR . C. J. Fox , FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS THE DRAWING - ROOM AT THRALE PLACE , FROM A DRAWING BY W. H. PYNE ALCIBIADES ' DOG 150 156 156 166 168 169 · 170 178 179 DR . PORTEUS , FROM A PAINTING BY H. BURCH.
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... Thrale , who had asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian ...
... Thrale , who had asked him how he did , " Ready to become a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal . " He meant , easy to become a capricious and self - indulgent valetudinarian ...
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... Thrale's son . ) 1 Having lain at St. Alban's , on Thursday , March 28th , we break- fasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children ...
... Thrale's son . ) 1 Having lain at St. Alban's , on Thursday , March 28th , we break- fasted the next morning at Barnet . I expressed to him a weakness of mind which I could not help ; an uneasy apprehension that my wife and children ...
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... Thrale's , he found the coach was at the door waiting to carry Mrs. and Miss Thrale , and Signor Baretti , their Italian master , to Bath . This was not showing the attention which might have been expected to the " guide , philosopher ...
... Thrale's , he found the coach was at the door waiting to carry Mrs. and Miss Thrale , and Signor Baretti , their Italian master , to Bath . This was not showing the attention which might have been expected to the " guide , philosopher ...
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