Boswell's Life of Johnson: LifeClarendon Press, 1887 |
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... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when super- ficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
... never querulous , never prone to inveigh against the present times , as is so common when super- ficial minds are on the fret . On the contrary , he was willing to speak favourably of his own age ; and , indeed , maintained its ...
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... never employed in the manufacture . He , however , asserted that James was deprived of his mental faculties when the affidavit was made . Evidence against this was collected and published ; the conclusion to the Preface being written by ...
... never employed in the manufacture . He , however , asserted that James was deprived of his mental faculties when the affidavit was made . Evidence against this was collected and published ; the conclusion to the Preface being written by ...
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... never happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise3 ? ' JOHNSON . JOHNSON . ' No , Sir , you are driving rapidly from something , or to something . ' Talking of melancholy ...
... never happy for the present , but when he is drunk . Will you not add , —or when driving rapidly in a post - chaise3 ? ' JOHNSON . JOHNSON . ' No , Sir , you are driving rapidly from something , or to something . ' Talking of melancholy ...
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... never to be allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless Juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in holding to be judges of law as well as of fact , resolutely interpose . Of late an act of Par- liament has passed ...
... never to be allowed to justify , must often be very oppressive , unless Juries , whom I am more and more confirmed in holding to be judges of law as well as of fact , resolutely interpose . Of late an act of Par- liament has passed ...
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... never put his name to anything . He shewed me a trans- lation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the ...
... never put his name to anything . He shewed me a trans- lation which he had made of Ovid's Epistles , very prettily done . There is a good engraved portrait of him by Pether , from a picture by Fry , which hangs in the hall of the ...
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acquaintance Aetat afterwards Anec ante April April 15 Ashbourne asked authour Baretti Beauclerk believe Bishop booksellers Boswell's Hebrides Burke Burney called character conversation Croker DEAR SIR death dined dinner Dodd doubt drink edition English favour Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote kind lady Langton learning Lichfield lived London Lord Lord Mansfield Madam Malone March 20 Memoirs mentioned mind never observed once opinion passage Percy perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased pleasure poem Poets Pope praise publick published Reynolds SAMUEL JOHNSON says Scotland Sept sermon shew Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talk Taylor tell thing thought Thrale tion told travelling truth Whig Wilkes wine wish words write