Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... believe that in no language has a translation been published of the Life of Johnson . Johnson was indeed , as Boswell often calls him , ' a trueborn Englishman ' - so English that foreigners could neither understand him nor relish his ...
... believe that in no language has a translation been published of the Life of Johnson . Johnson was indeed , as Boswell often calls him , ' a trueborn Englishman ' - so English that foreigners could neither understand him nor relish his ...
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... believe Mr. Samuel Johnson will visit Scotland this year but I wish that every power of attraction may be employed to secure our having so valuable an acquisition , and therefore I hope you will without delay write to me what I know you ...
... believe Mr. Samuel Johnson will visit Scotland this year but I wish that every power of attraction may be employed to secure our having so valuable an acquisition , and therefore I hope you will without delay write to me what I know you ...
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... believe , more generally known than those of almost any man ; yet it may not be at home at Eton ? I had my clas- sical quotations very ready . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 308 . I Gray , Johnson writes ( Works , viii . 479 ) , visited ...
... believe , more generally known than those of almost any man ; yet it may not be at home at Eton ? I had my clas- sical quotations very ready . ' Letters of Boswell , p . 308 . I Gray , Johnson writes ( Works , viii . 479 ) , visited ...
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... believe no liberal- minded Scotsman will deny . He was indeed , if I may be allowed the phrase , at bottom much of a John Bull ; much of a blunt true born Englishman3 . There was a stratum of com- mon clay under the rock of marble . He ...
... believe no liberal- minded Scotsman will deny . He was indeed , if I may be allowed the phrase , at bottom much of a John Bull ; much of a blunt true born Englishman3 . There was a stratum of com- mon clay under the rock of marble . He ...
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... believe you will like . ' There was no catching him . JOHNSON . Why , Sir , what is commonly thought , I should take to be true . Your veal may be good ; but that will only be an exception to the general opinion ; not a proof against it ...
... believe you will like . ' There was no catching him . JOHNSON . Why , Sir , what is commonly thought , I should take to be true . Your veal may be good ; but that will only be an exception to the general opinion ; not a proof against it ...
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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 James John Johnson King Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird land learning live London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Kinnon M'Lean M'Leod Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo never night observed October perhaps Piozzi Letters pleased poem Portree prayer pretty Prince Charles publick Rasay 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 writing wrote young