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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... passage in Boswell's letter to Malone of Jan. 29 , 1791 ( Croker's Boswell , p . 829 ) , shows that it is Reynolds of whom he is writing . ' I am , ' he writes , ' to cancel a leaf of the first volume , having found that though Sir ...
... passage in Boswell's letter to Malone of Jan. 29 , 1791 ( Croker's Boswell , p . 829 ) , shows that it is Reynolds of whom he is writing . ' I am , ' he writes , ' to cancel a leaf of the first volume , having found that though Sir ...
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... passage at the time when he wrote in his Memoirs : - ' It has indeed been observed , nor is the observation absurd , that , excepting in experimental sciences which demand a costly apparatus and a dexterous hand , the many valuable ...
... passage at the time when he wrote in his Memoirs : - ' It has indeed been observed , nor is the observation absurd , that , excepting in experimental sciences which demand a costly apparatus and a dexterous hand , the many valuable ...
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... the French , for a biographical incident ; a minute passage of private life . ' See ante , July 19 , 1763 . ៩ Boswell , writing to Wilkes in 1776 , said : - ' Though we differ . made Aetat . 57. ] ' Rousseau and Voltaire . 13.
... the French , for a biographical incident ; a minute passage of private life . ' See ante , July 19 , 1763 . ៩ Boswell , writing to Wilkes in 1776 , said : - ' Though we differ . made Aetat . 57. ] ' Rousseau and Voltaire . 13.
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... Chatham . ' In such passages as this we may generally assume that the gentle- man , whose name is not given , is Boswell himself . See ante , i . 4 , and post , Oct. 16 , 1769 . not 16 Boswell talks stuff . [ A.D. 1766 . not.
... Chatham . ' In such passages as this we may generally assume that the gentle- man , whose name is not given , is Boswell himself . See ante , i . 4 , and post , Oct. 16 , 1769 . not 16 Boswell talks stuff . [ A.D. 1766 . not.
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... passage omitted alluded to a private transaction . BOSWELL . ' This censure of my Latin relates to the Dedication , which was as follows : VIRO NOBILISSIMO , ORNATISSIMO , JOANNI , VICECOMITI MOUNTSTUART , ATAVIS EDITO REGIBUS EXCELSE ...
... passage omitted alluded to a private transaction . BOSWELL . ' This censure of my Latin relates to the Dedication , which was as follows : VIRO NOBILISSIMO , ORNATISSIMO , JOANNI , VICECOMITI MOUNTSTUART , ATAVIS EDITO REGIBUS EXCELSE ...
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