Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Volume 3Harper, 1904 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... asked him how he did , ' Ready to become a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal ' : ' 1 See ante , March 15 , 1776 . 44 Anecdotes of Johnson , p . 176. BOSWELL . ' It is , ' he ...
... asked him how he did , ' Ready to become a scoundrel , Madam ; with a little more spoiling you will , I think , make me a complete rascal ' : ' 1 See ante , March 15 , 1776 . 44 Anecdotes of Johnson , p . 176. BOSWELL . ' It is , ' he ...
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... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he • ' Baretti says , that Mrs. Thrale abruptly proposed to start for Bath , as wishing to avoid the sight of the funeral . She had no man- friend to go with her , ' and so he ...
... asked , lest they might suspect that he recommended what he • ' Baretti says , that Mrs. Thrale abruptly proposed to start for Bath , as wishing to avoid the sight of the funeral . She had no man- friend to go with her , ' and so he ...
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... asked , —Is not this fine ? Shiels having expressed the highest admiration . Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line " . ' I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert ' See ante , ii . 216 . 2 See ante , ii ...
... asked , —Is not this fine ? Shiels having expressed the highest admiration . Well , Sir , ( said I , ) I have omitted every other line " . ' I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert ' See ante , ii . 216 . 2 See ante , ii ...
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... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne ' , now one of the Scotch ...
... asking his pardon for repeating some oaths in the course of telling a story . Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor tavern , in company with Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Langton , Mr. Nairne ' , now one of the Scotch ...
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... asked whether he had read Mrs. Macaulay's second volume of the History of Eng- land , " No , Sir , " says he , nor her first neither . " ' Johnson's Works ( 1787 ) , xi . 205 . 3 66 ' ' Of this distinguished Epilogue the reputed author ...
... asked whether he had read Mrs. Macaulay's second volume of the History of Eng- land , " No , Sir , " says he , nor her first neither . " ' Johnson's Works ( 1787 ) , xi . 205 . 3 66 ' ' Of this distinguished Epilogue the reputed author ...
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