Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... Observations on Swift " -Horace's Villa - Mr . Cambridge - Goldsmith's " Traveller " -Literature of France - Old Age - Garagantua - Dr . Kenrick - Dr . Burney - Potter's Eschylus - On Poetic Translations - Writings of Sir Wm . Temple ...
... Observations on Swift " -Horace's Villa - Mr . Cambridge - Goldsmith's " Traveller " -Literature of France - Old Age - Garagantua - Dr . Kenrick - Dr . Burney - Potter's Eschylus - On Poetic Translations - Writings of Sir Wm . Temple ...
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... I suppose , the ministry . ) It may be observed that he used the epithet scoundrel very commonly - not quite in the sense in which VOL . III . B it is generally understood , but as a strong term. JOHNSON PUTTING HIS BOOKS IN ORDER .
... I suppose , the ministry . ) It may be observed that he used the epithet scoundrel very commonly - not quite in the sense in which VOL . III . B it is generally understood , but as a strong term. JOHNSON PUTTING HIS BOOKS IN ORDER .
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... observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present but when he is drunk . Will you not add , - driving in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; you are driving rapidly from something , or to ...
... observed one day at General Oglethorpe's , that a man is never happy for the present but when he is drunk . Will you not add , - driving in a post - chaise ? " JOHNSON : " No , Sir ; you are driving rapidly from something , or to ...
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... observed , indeed very justly , that " their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not been fixed that he should have been one of the party , he would force them out ; but he would not advise them , unless ...
... observed , indeed very justly , that " their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not been fixed that he should have been one of the party , he would force them out ; but he would not advise them , unless ...
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... observation of the senses might be clearly known ; but everything intellectual , everything abstract - politics , morals ... observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentlemen ; they told me none of these ...
... observation of the senses might be clearly known ; but everything intellectual , everything abstract - politics , morals ... observed , " Sir , I never before knew how much I was respected by these gentlemen ; they told me none of these ...
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