Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North WalesHarper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... Garrick , Horace Walpole , Wilkes , and perhaps Reynolds , among Englishmen . He had twice at least received a letter from the Earl of Chatham . ' In such passages as this we may generally assume that the gentle- man , whose name is not ...
... Garrick , Horace Walpole , Wilkes , and perhaps Reynolds , among Englishmen . He had twice at least received a letter from the Earl of Chatham . ' In such passages as this we may generally assume that the gentle- man , whose name is not ...
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... Garrick's acting , in its universality ' . His Majesty then talked ' In one part of the character of Pope ( Works , viii . 319 ) , Johnson seems to be describing himself : - ' He certainly was in his early life a man of great literary ...
... Garrick's acting , in its universality ' . His Majesty then talked ' In one part of the character of Pope ( Works , viii . 319 ) , Johnson seems to be describing himself : - ' He certainly was in his early life a man of great literary ...
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... Garrick ( Murphy's Garrick , pp . 136 , 189 , 212 ) , who re- plied with three epigrams , of which the last is well - known : - ' For Farces and Physic his equal there scarce is ; His Farces are Physic , his Physic a Farce is . ' Horace ...
... Garrick ( Murphy's Garrick , pp . 136 , 189 , 212 ) , who re- plied with three epigrams , of which the last is well - known : - ' For Farces and Physic his equal there scarce is ; His Farces are Physic , his Physic a Farce is . ' Horace ...
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... Garrick have all written me noble letters about it . There are two Dutch translations going forward . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 145. It met with a rapid sale . A third edition was called for within a year . Dilly , the publisher , must ...
... Garrick have all written me noble letters about it . There are two Dutch translations going forward . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 145. It met with a rapid sale . A third edition was called for within a year . Dilly , the publisher , must ...
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... questioned whether even this can be supported . ' • Garrick brought out Hugh Kelly's False Delicacy at Drury Lane six days before Goldsmith's Good - Natured Man was brought out at Good - Natured Aetat . 59. ] ( Modern plays . 55 Good.
... questioned whether even this can be supported . ' • Garrick brought out Hugh Kelly's False Delicacy at Drury Lane six days before Goldsmith's Good - Natured Man was brought out at Good - Natured Aetat . 59. ] ( Modern plays . 55 Good.
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