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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Page 232
... wrote on the margin : - " In the business of Lauder I was deceived , partly by thinking the man too frantic to be fraudulent . " Murphy's John- son , p . 66 . " ' Johnson turned his house , ' writes Lord Macaulay , ' into a place of ...
... wrote on the margin : - " In the business of Lauder I was deceived , partly by thinking the man too frantic to be fraudulent . " Murphy's John- son , p . 66 . " ' Johnson turned his house , ' writes Lord Macaulay , ' into a place of ...
Page 233
... wrote to Dr. Burney , were many , and her curiosity univer- sal ; so that she partook of every con- versation ' ( post , iv . 239 ) . Murphy ( Life , p . 72 ) says : - She possessed uncommon talents , and , though blind , had an ...
... wrote to Dr. Burney , were many , and her curiosity univer- sal ; so that she partook of every con- versation ' ( post , iv . 239 ) . Murphy ( Life , p . 72 ) says : - She possessed uncommon talents , and , though blind , had an ...
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... wrote any part of his works with equal velocity . Three columns of the Magazine , in an hour , was no uncommon ... wrote in a garret in Exeter - street . " The company was struck with astonish- ment . After staring at each other in ...
... wrote any part of his works with equal velocity . Three columns of the Magazine , in an hour , was no uncommon ... wrote in a garret in Exeter - street . " The company was struck with astonish- ment . After staring at each other in ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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