Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1799 |
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Page xi
... talk about it . Liberty is what he asks for , liberty to range for a time wherever he pleases in the wide and fair fields of literature . Yet with this longing for free- dom comes a touch of regret and a doubt lest the ' fresh woods and ...
... talk about it . Liberty is what he asks for , liberty to range for a time wherever he pleases in the wide and fair fields of literature . Yet with this longing for free- dom comes a touch of regret and a doubt lest the ' fresh woods and ...
Page xix
... talk of retiring " . In many other notes I have established Boswell's accuracy against attacks which had been made on it apparently with success . It was with much pleasure that I discovered that the story told of Johnson's listening to ...
... talk of retiring " . In many other notes I have established Boswell's accuracy against attacks which had been made on it apparently with success . It was with much pleasure that I discovered that the story told of Johnson's listening to ...
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... talk , for which it was often necessary to employ some address . ' See post , April 12 , 1776. ' Tom Tyers , ' said Johnson , ' described me the best . He once said to me , “ Sir , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are ...
... talk , for which it was often necessary to employ some address . ' See post , April 12 , 1776. ' Tom Tyers , ' said Johnson , ' described me the best . He once said to me , “ Sir , you are like a ghost : you never speak till you are ...
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... talk , that I might not have the labour of writing down his conversa- tion . ' Ib . Sept. 7. His industry grew much less towards the close of Johnson's life . Under May 6 , 1781 , he records : - ' Of his conversation on that and other ...
... talk , that I might not have the labour of writing down his conversa- tion . ' Ib . Sept. 7. His industry grew much less towards the close of Johnson's life . Under May 6 , 1781 , he records : - ' Of his conversation on that and other ...
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... talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods Reynolds died on Feb. 23 , 1792 . ? Sir Joshua in his will left £ 200 to Mr. Boswell ' to be expended , if he ...
... talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods Reynolds died on Feb. 23 , 1792 . ? Sir Joshua in his will left £ 200 to Mr. Boswell ' to be expended , if he ...
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