Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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... doubt if he could have remembered every one of them , as they were so numerous , so various , and scattered in such a multiplicity of unconnected publica- tions ; nay , several of them published under the names of other persons , to ...
... doubt if he could have remembered every one of them , as they were so numerous , so various , and scattered in such a multiplicity of unconnected publica- tions ; nay , several of them published under the names of other persons , to ...
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... doubt had an early attachment to the House of Stuart ; but his zeal had cooled as his reason strengthened . Indeed I heard him once say , that ' after the death of a violent Whig , with whom he used to contend with great eagerness , he ...
... doubt had an early attachment to the House of Stuart ; but his zeal had cooled as his reason strengthened . Indeed I heard him once say , that ' after the death of a violent Whig , with whom he used to contend with great eagerness , he ...
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... doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts afterwards proved to be well - founded . He observed , indeed very justly , that ' their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not ...
... doubt , on account of the loss which they had suffered ; and his doubts afterwards proved to be well - founded . He observed , indeed very justly , that ' their loss was an additional reason for their going abroad ; and if it had not ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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