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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... writing to Temple in 1775 , says : I try to keep a journal , and shall shew you that I have done tollerably . But it is hardly credible what ground I go over , and what a variety of men and manners I con- template in a day ; and all the ...
... writing to Temple in 1775 , says : I try to keep a journal , and shall shew you that I have done tollerably . But it is hardly credible what ground I go over , and what a variety of men and manners I con- template in a day ; and all the ...
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... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson ...
... writing the lives of others , and who , whether we consider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson ...
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... writing . He has ascended my a๋rial citadel . He came down on a Saturday evening , with a Mr. Beauclerk , who has a friend at Trinity . Caliban , you may be sure , was not roused from his lair before next day noon , and his breakfast ...
... writing . He has ascended my a๋rial citadel . He came down on a Saturday evening , with a Mr. Beauclerk , who has a friend at Trinity . Caliban , you may be sure , was not roused from his lair before next day noon , and his breakfast ...
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DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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