Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... persons whom I have mentioned - namely , Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough - I must do the justice to relate , that I have been assured by another early acquaintance of his , old Mr. Macklin , ' who assisted in improving his ...
... persons whom I have mentioned - namely , Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough - I must do the justice to relate , that I have been assured by another early acquaintance of his , old Mr. Macklin , ' who assisted in improving his ...
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... at a distance from him , knows to a certainty that the fears of that person concerning his health are imaginary and delusive ; and hence I might , to be sure , be satisfied that B 2 AGE 67. ] 3 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... at a distance from him , knows to a certainty that the fears of that person concerning his health are imaginary and delusive ; and hence I might , to be sure , be satisfied that B 2 AGE 67. ] 3 BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... persons the most widely different in manners , abilities , rank , and accomplishments . He was at once the companion of the brilliant Colonel Forrester of the Guards , who wrote " The Polite Phi- losopher , " and of the awkward and ...
... persons the most widely different in manners , abilities , rank , and accomplishments . He was at once the companion of the brilliant Colonel Forrester of the Guards , who wrote " The Polite Phi- losopher , " and of the awkward and ...
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... persons , by whom they would lose their money . Accordingly there are instances of ladies being ruined , by having injudiciously sunk their fortunes for high annuities , which , after a few years , ceased to be paid , in consequence of ...
... persons , by whom they would lose their money . Accordingly there are instances of ladies being ruined , by having injudiciously sunk their fortunes for high annuities , which , after a few years , ceased to be paid , in consequence of ...
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