Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebride and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1934 - 556 pages |
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... Rambler , ' which certainly is not suited to a series of grave and moral discourses ; which the Italians have literally , but ludi- crously , translated by Il Vagabondo 3 ; and which has been lately assumed as the denomination of a ...
... Rambler , ' which certainly is not suited to a series of grave and moral discourses ; which the Italians have literally , but ludi- crously , translated by Il Vagabondo 3 ; and which has been lately assumed as the denomination of a ...
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... Rambler was entirely the work of one man , there was , of course , such a uniformity in its texture , as very much to exclude the charm of variety 2 ; and the grave and often solemn cast of thinking , which distinguished it from other ...
... Rambler was entirely the work of one man , there was , of course , such a uniformity in its texture , as very much to exclude the charm of variety 2 ; and the grave and often solemn cast of thinking , which distinguished it from other ...
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... Rambler exhibits . That Johnson had penetration enough to see , and seeing would not disguise the general misery of ... Rambler in 4 volumes , in 12mo . Price 12s . Payne and Bou- quet . ' The Rambler was not con- cluded till the ...
... Rambler exhibits . That Johnson had penetration enough to see , and seeing would not disguise the general misery of ... Rambler in 4 volumes , in 12mo . Price 12s . Payne and Bou- quet . ' The Rambler was not con- cluded till the ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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