The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Christopher Hibbert. Boswell the son he had never had , just as Boswell had found in him the father he would have liked to have had , that Johnson suddenly stretched out his hand to him , and warmed by the port , exclaimed , ' My dear ...
Christopher Hibbert. Boswell the son he had never had , just as Boswell had found in him the father he would have liked to have had , that Johnson suddenly stretched out his hand to him , and warmed by the port , exclaimed , ' My dear ...
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... Boswell , ' Why do you shiver ? ' They were ' very social ' once more , however , when they sat down to supper at the Turk's Head . Johnson listened attentively and approvingly as Boswell talked about his family estate , the ' romantick ...
... Boswell , ' Why do you shiver ? ' They were ' very social ' once more , however , when they sat down to supper at the Turk's Head . Johnson listened attentively and approvingly as Boswell talked about his family estate , the ' romantick ...
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... BOSWELL , James . Boswelliana . The Commonplace Book of James Boswell with a Memoir and Annotations by the Rev. Charles Rogers Boswell's Life of Johnson together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a ...
... BOSWELL , James . Boswelliana . The Commonplace Book of James Boswell with a Memoir and Annotations by the Rev. Charles Rogers Boswell's Life of Johnson together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a ...
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