The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for nearly half a century during which he flourished. By James Boswell...G. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... Admiration of Johnson - Cookery- " The Duke of Berwick's Memoirs " -Liberty and Restraints of the Sexes - Degrees of Happiness - Soame Jenyns's " Internal Evidence " -America - Edwards on Grace - Free - will - Mandeville - Vice and ...
... Admiration of Johnson - Cookery- " The Duke of Berwick's Memoirs " -Liberty and Restraints of the Sexes - Degrees of Happiness - Soame Jenyns's " Internal Evidence " -America - Edwards on Grace - Free - will - Mandeville - Vice and ...
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... admirable . - BOSWELL . 2 Joseph Baretti was a native of Turin ; but , having resided many years in this country , he wrote the English language with great purity , as evidenced by his controversy with Mr. Sharpe , the Italian tourist ...
... admirable . - BOSWELL . 2 Joseph Baretti was a native of Turin ; but , having resided many years in this country , he wrote the English language with great purity , as evidenced by his controversy with Mr. Sharpe , the Italian tourist ...
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... admiration of his powers . He once observed to me , " Whatever opinions Johnson main- tains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship ...
... admiration of his powers . He once observed to me , " Whatever opinions Johnson main- tains , I will not say that he convinces me ; but he never fails to show me that he has good reasons for it . " I have heard Johnson pay his lordship ...
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... admiration , ' Well , Sir , ' said I , ' I have omitted every other line . " " I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Gold- smith asserted that there ...
... admiration , ' Well , Sir , ' said I , ' I have omitted every other line . " " I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley , one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's , in 1762. Gold- smith asserted that there ...
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... admirable writer , to whom we have seen that Dr. Johnson directly allowed so little merit . - BOSWELL . 2 Mr. Romney , the painter , who has now deservedly established a high reputation- BOSWELL . CHAPTER II . - 1776 . BOSWELL VISITS ...
... admirable writer , to whom we have seen that Dr. Johnson directly allowed so little merit . - BOSWELL . 2 Mr. Romney , the painter , who has now deservedly established a high reputation- BOSWELL . CHAPTER II . - 1776 . BOSWELL VISITS ...
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