Boswell's Life of Johnson: With an Introd. by Chauncey Brewster TinkerOxford University Press, 1934 - 704 pages |
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Page 83
... present under very disadvantageous circumstances of fortune . I beg , therefore , that you will favour me with a letter to - morrow , that I may know what you can afford to allow him , that he may either part with it to you , or find ...
... present under very disadvantageous circumstances of fortune . I beg , therefore , that you will favour me with a letter to - morrow , that I may know what you can afford to allow him , that he may either part with it to you , or find ...
Page 349
... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
... present Earl of Bute to be ' Excelsæ familiæ de Bute spes prima ; ' and my Lord Mountstuart , as his eldest son , to be spes altera . ' So in Æneid xii . 1. 168 , after having mentioned Pater Æneas , who was the present spes , the ...
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... present King would be sent away to- night , and his adherents hanged to - morrow . ' Taylor , who was as violent a Whig as Johnson was a Tory , was roused by this to a pitch of bellowing . He denied , loudly , what Johnson said ; and ...
... present King would be sent away to- night , and his adherents hanged to - morrow . ' Taylor , who was as violent a Whig as Johnson was a Tory , was roused by this to a pitch of bellowing . He denied , loudly , what Johnson said ; and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY CHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKER | 1 |
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SEPT 18 1709 | 17 |
INDEX 657704 | 657 |
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