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... of three of the books of Ovid's Metamorphosis , of some parts of Theocritus ,
and of the tenth Satire of Juvenal ; and a table , shewing at the rate of various
numbers a day ( I suppose verses to be read ) , what would be , in each case , the
total ...
... of three of the books of Ovid's Metamorphosis , of some parts of Theocritus ,
and of the tenth Satire of Juvenal ; and a table , shewing at the rate of various
numbers a day ( I suppose verses to be read ) , what would be , in each case , the
total ...
Page 207
Why may not a poet suppose himself to have the gout , as well as suppose
himself to be in love , of which we have innumerable instances , and which has
been admirably ridiculed by Johnson in his Life of Cowley ' ? I have also some
difficulty ...
Why may not a poet suppose himself to have the gout , as well as suppose
himself to be in love , of which we have innumerable instances , and which has
been admirably ridiculed by Johnson in his Life of Cowley ' ? I have also some
difficulty ...
Page 414
I suppose you told her of my opinion, and likewise suppose it was not followed;
however, I still believe it to be right. 'Let me hear from you again, wherever you
are, or whatever you are doing; whether you wander or sit still, plant trees or
make ...
I suppose you told her of my opinion, and likewise suppose it was not followed;
however, I still believe it to be right. 'Let me hear from you again, wherever you
are, or whatever you are doing; whether you wander or sit still, plant trees or
make ...
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As you have now been long away , I suppose your curiosity may pant for some
news of your old friends . Miss Williams and I live much as we did . Miss Cotterell
still continues to cling to Mrs. Porter , and Charlotte ' is now big of the fourth child .
As you have now been long away , I suppose your curiosity may pant for some
news of your old friends . Miss Williams and I live much as we did . Miss Cotterell
still continues to cling to Mrs. Porter , and Charlotte ' is now big of the fourth child .
Page 503
He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his
amanuensis . He has such parts as the valet might have , and about as much of
the colouring of the style as might be got by transcribing his works . ' When I was
at ...
He writes just as you might suppose Voltaire's footboy to do , who has been his
amanuensis . He has such parts as the valet might have , and about as much of
the colouring of the style as might be got by transcribing his works . ' When I was
at ...
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| Title | Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1 Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1799 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Feb 2006 |
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