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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... Italy at the same time as Boswell . That they met seems to be shewn by a passage in Boswell's letter ( post , Nov. 6 , 1766 ) . Malone wrote of him : - ' He appears to be an infidel . ' Prior's Malone , p . 399 . " 6 ' Lord Charlemont ...
... Italy at the same time as Boswell . That they met seems to be shewn by a passage in Boswell's letter ( post , Nov. 6 , 1766 ) . Malone wrote of him : - ' He appears to be an infidel . ' Prior's Malone , p . 399 . " 6 ' Lord Charlemont ...
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... Italy , Johnson said ( sarcastically , ) ' It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! ' Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile ...
... Italy , Johnson said ( sarcastically , ) ' It seems , Sir , you have kept very good company abroad , Rousseau and Wilkes ! ' Thinking it enough to defend one at a time , I said nothing as to my gay friend , but answered with a smile ...
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... Italian friend Baretti ; where talking of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a re- ligious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of ...
... Italian friend Baretti ; where talking of the monastick life , you say you do not wonder that serious men should put themselves under the protection of a re- ligious order , when they have found how unable they are to take care of ...
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... Italy , seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and find- ing no way to escape , retired to the centre , and like a true Stoick philosopher , darted its ...
... Italy , seen the experiment of placing a scorpion within a circle of burning coals ; that it ran round and round in extreme pain ; and find- ing no way to escape , retired to the centre , and like a true Stoick philosopher , darted its ...
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... Italy , by Joseph Ba- retti , London , 1768. The book would be still more entertaining were it not written as a reply to Sharp's Letters on Italy . Post , under April 29 , 1776 . 2 Mrs. Piozzi wrote of him : ' His character is easily ...
... Italy , by Joseph Ba- retti , London , 1768. The book would be still more entertaining were it not written as a reply to Sharp's Letters on Italy . Post , under April 29 , 1776 . 2 Mrs. Piozzi wrote of him : ' His character is easily ...
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