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Page 47
If Johnson's personal history during the years 1745 and 1746 were known ,
something would probably be found to account for this ( as it now seems ) absurd
national aversion . -ED . ) It was , mitted that he could not tell the 1783.- ÆTAT .
74 .
If Johnson's personal history during the years 1745 and 1746 were known ,
something would probably be found to account for this ( as it now seems ) absurd
national aversion . -ED . ) It was , mitted that he could not tell the 1783.- ÆTAT .
74 .
Page 49
( The editor suspects that “ Annus Mirabilis ; or , the Eventful Year 1782 , an
Historical Poem , by the Rev. W. Tasker , author of the Warlike Genius of Britain , ”
( see ante , vol . iv . p . 243 ) is here meant . -Ed . ] VOL . V. ance . mons has
usurped ...
( The editor suspects that “ Annus Mirabilis ; or , the Eventful Year 1782 , an
Historical Poem , by the Rev. W. Tasker , author of the Warlike Genius of Britain , ”
( see ante , vol . iv . p . 243 ) is here meant . -Ed . ] VOL . V. ance . mons has
usurped ...
Page 73
The language would have been of little use , as there is no history existing in that
tongue to balance the partial accounts which the Roman writers have left us . ”
JOHNSON . “ No , sir . They have not been partial , they have told their own story
...
The language would have been of little use , as there is no history existing in that
tongue to balance the partial accounts which the Roman writers have left us . ”
JOHNSON . “ No , sir . They have not been partial , they have told their own story
...
Page 75
I cannot help mentioning with much regret , that by my own negligence I lost an
opportunity of having the history of my family from its founder , Thomas Boswell ,
in 1504 , recorded and illustrated by JohnSuch was his goodness to me , that ...
I cannot help mentioning with much regret , that by my own negligence I lost an
opportunity of having the history of my family from its founder , Thomas Boswell ,
in 1504 , recorded and illustrated by JohnSuch was his goodness to me , that ...
Page 99
... in the county of Waterford , in Ireland , created a baronet in 1782. He published
several political works , particularly a History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 ;
written with great asperity against the Roman Catholics , to whose tenets Sir
Richard ...
... in the county of Waterford , in Ireland , created a baronet in 1782. He published
several political works , particularly a History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 ;
written with great asperity against the Roman Catholics , to whose tenets Sir
Richard ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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