Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Količina 5Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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... mean General Paoli ; who , after his great , though unsuccessful , efforts to preserve the liberties of his country , has found an honourable asylum in Britain , where he has now lived many years the object of Royal regard and private ...
... mean General Paoli ; who , after his great , though unsuccessful , efforts to preserve the liberties of his country , has found an honourable asylum in Britain , where he has now lived many years the object of Royal regard and private ...
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... mean ; and the whole town bears some resemblance to the old part of Birmingham . ' Piozzi Letters , i . 109 . See ante , i . 362 . * Miss Burney , describing her first sight of Johnson , says : — ' Upon asking my father why he had not ...
... mean ; and the whole town bears some resemblance to the old part of Birmingham . ' Piozzi Letters , i . 109 . See ante , i . 362 . * Miss Burney , describing her first sight of Johnson , says : — ' Upon asking my father why he had not ...
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... mean , the Principal said to Dr. Johnson , that he must give them the same epithet that a Jesuit did when shewing a poor college abroad : ' Hæ miseria nostræ . ' Dr. Johnson was , however , much pleased with the library , and with the ...
... mean , the Principal said to Dr. Johnson , that he must give them the same epithet that a Jesuit did when shewing a poor college abroad : ' Hæ miseria nostræ . ' Dr. Johnson was , however , much pleased with the library , and with the ...
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... means trees of good size , such as he was accustomed to see in Eng- land ; and of these there are certainly very few upon the eastern coast of Scotland . Besides , he said , that he meant to give only a map of the road ; and let any ...
... means trees of good size , such as he was accustomed to see in Eng- land ; and of these there are certainly very few upon the eastern coast of Scotland . Besides , he said , that he meant to give only a map of the road ; and let any ...
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... mean few . When he is particular in count- ing , he may be attacked . I know not how Colonel Nairne came to say there were but two large trees in the county of Fife . I did not perceive that he smiled . There are cer tainly not a great ...
... mean few . When he is particular in count- ing , he may be attacked . I know not how Colonel Nairne came to say there were but two large trees in the county of Fife . I did not perceive that he smiled . There are cer tainly not a great ...
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Aberdeen ancient asked August August 15 August 21 battle of Culloden Beattie boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast Burke called castle chief church conversation dinner Duke Dunvegan Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Errol Erse father Flora Macdonald Fort Augustus Garrick gave gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Horace Walpole horse Hume Inchkenneth island isle James John Johnson King Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird land learning live London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Kinnon M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo never night observed Piozzi Letters pleased poem Portree Prince Charles Prince Charles's escape Rasay Robertson Samuel Johnson says Scotland Sept servant shew Sir Alexander Sir Walter Scott spirit Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told took walked Walter Scott writing wrote young