Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... hands when he was very young , and that he was much pleased with it . We reckoned there would be some inconveniencies and hardships , and perhaps a little danger ; but these we were persuaded were magnified in the imagination of every ...
... hands when he was very young , and that he was much pleased with it . We reckoned there would be some inconveniencies and hardships , and perhaps a little danger ; but these we were persuaded were magnified in the imagination of every ...
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... hand a large English oak stick . Let me not be censured for mentioning such minute particulars . Every thing relative to so great a man is worth observing . I remember Dr. Adam Smith , in his rhetorical lectures at Glasgow ' , told us ...
... hand a large English oak stick . Let me not be censured for mentioning such minute particulars . Every thing relative to so great a man is worth observing . I remember Dr. Adam Smith , in his rhetorical lectures at Glasgow ' , told us ...
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... hand or pocket . See ante , iii . 248 . 2 ' Talking of the eminent writers in Queen Anne's reign , Johnson ob- served , " I think Dr. Arbuthnot the first man among them . " Ante , i . 425 . 2 3 We found that by the inter- position of ...
... hand or pocket . See ante , iii . 248 . 2 ' Talking of the eminent writers in Queen Anne's reign , Johnson ob- served , " I think Dr. Arbuthnot the first man among them . " Ante , i . 425 . 2 3 We found that by the inter- position of ...
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... hand . I write this from the college , where I have only this scrap of paper . paper . Ever yours , ' Sunday . ' ' W. R. ' It pleased me to find Dr. Robertson thus eager to meet Dr. Johnson . I was glad I could answer , that he was come ...
... hand . I write this from the college , where I have only this scrap of paper . paper . Ever yours , ' Sunday . ' ' W. R. ' It pleased me to find Dr. Robertson thus eager to meet Dr. Johnson . I was glad I could answer , that he was come ...
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... hand that attempts to grasp it . The ex- cellence and efficacy of a bon mot depend frequently so much on the occasion on which it is spoken , on the particular manner of the speaker , on the person to whom it is applied , the previous ...
... hand that attempts to grasp it . The ex- cellence and efficacy of a bon mot depend frequently so much on the occasion on which it is spoken , on the particular manner of the speaker , on the person to whom it is applied , the previous ...
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Aberdeen ancient ante asked August August 19 August 21 battle of Culloden believe boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast called castle chief church conversation dinner Duke Dunvegan Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Fort Augustus Garrick gave gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Horace Walpole horse Hume island isle John Johnson King Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird land learning live London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Kinnon M'Lean M'Leod Macdonald Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo never night observed October Piozzi Letters pleased poem Portree pretty Prince Charles Prince Charles's escape publick Samuel Johnson says Scotland seemed September 13 servant shewed Sir Alexander spirit Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale told took walked WALTER SCOTT wish woman words writing wrote