Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION , NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT - BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH ...
... CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS ; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION , NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT - BRITAIN , FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY , DURING WHICH ...
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... conversation with Johnson on Greek metres , will , I trust , throw some lustre on this edition . In many notes I have been able to clear up statements in the text which were not fully understood even by the author , or were left ...
... conversation with Johnson on Greek metres , will , I trust , throw some lustre on this edition . In many notes I have been able to clear up statements in the text which were not fully understood even by the author , or were left ...
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... conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ...
... conversation , your true politeness , by which you are so amiable in private society , and that enlarged hospitality which has long made your house a common centre of union for the great , the accomplished , the learned , and the ...
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... conversation with the Queen : -- THE QUEEN : -Miss Burney , have you heard that Boswell is going to publish a life of your friend Dr. Johnson ? ' ' No , ma'am ! ' ' I tell you as I heard , I don't know for the truth of it , and I can't ...
... conversation with the Queen : -- THE QUEEN : -Miss Burney , have you heard that Boswell is going to publish a life of your friend Dr. Johnson ? ' ' No , ma'am ! ' ' I tell you as I heard , I don't know for the truth of it , and I can't ...
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... conversation . ' Ib . Sept. 7 . His industry grew much less towards the close of Johnson's life . Under May 8 , 1781 , he records : - ' Of his conversation on that and other occa- sions during this period , I neglected to keep any ...
... conversation . ' Ib . Sept. 7 . His industry grew much less towards the close of Johnson's life . Under May 8 , 1781 , he records : - ' Of his conversation on that and other occa- sions during this period , I neglected to keep any ...
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