Addresses and TransactionsW. Dawson, 1932 |
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... memory of Alderman William Arthur Wood in Johnson's Birthplace , and accompanying the Mayor ( Councillor Thomas Moseley ) and the President ( Lord Charn- wood ) were many distinguished members of the Society , including past presidents ...
... memory of Alderman William Arthur Wood in Johnson's Birthplace , and accompanying the Mayor ( Councillor Thomas Moseley ) and the President ( Lord Charn- wood ) were many distinguished members of the Society , including past presidents ...
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... memory . This toast , which is drunk seated , is honoured not in claret but in aqua vitae . The reason for this departure from normal custom , for the fact that Boswell's memory is saluted in a stronger fluid than claret , is self ...
... memory . This toast , which is drunk seated , is honoured not in claret but in aqua vitae . The reason for this departure from normal custom , for the fact that Boswell's memory is saluted in a stronger fluid than claret , is self ...
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... memory the flow of the conversations he had heard . Boswell had not only an extraordinary memory for conversation . He had also the artistic ability to re - create it from memory , not always in the exact words and at exact length , but ...
... memory the flow of the conversations he had heard . Boswell had not only an extraordinary memory for conversation . He had also the artistic ability to re - create it from memory , not always in the exact words and at exact length , but ...
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