Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... 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 no Tyranny " -Rumoured Death of ...
... 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 no Tyranny " -Rumoured Death of ...
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... character for which I have heard him express great disgust . Johnson had with him upon this jaunt " Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , " a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said he read it for the language , by way ...
... character for which I have heard him express great disgust . Johnson had with him upon this jaunt " Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra , " a romance praised by Cervantes ; but did not like it much . He said he read it for the language , by way ...
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... character of a soldier is high . They who stand forth the foremost in danger for the community have the respect of mankind . An officer is much more respected than any other man who has as little money . In a com- mercial country money ...
... character of a soldier is high . They who stand forth the foremost in danger for the community have the respect of mankind . An officer is much more respected than any other man who has as little money . In a com- mercial country money ...
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... characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in 66 1 John Maclaurin was the son of the celebrated Colin Maclaurin ...
... characters of the dead . Damages will be given to a man who is calumniated in his life- time , because he may be hurt in his worldly interest , or at least hurt in 66 1 John Maclaurin was the son of the celebrated Colin Maclaurin ...
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... character but what he can prove , history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof ... characters of mankind.1 On Thursday , April 4 , having called on Dr. Johnson , I said , it was a pity that truth was not ...
... character but what he can prove , history could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof ... characters of mankind.1 On Thursday , April 4 , having called on Dr. Johnson , I said , it was a pity that truth was not ...
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