Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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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 . 3 See ante , i . 313 . * 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 . 3 See ante , i . 313 . * Miss Burney , describing her first sight of Johnson , says : ' Upon asking my father why he had not ...
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... means of which he can make another thing . But this ap- plies to very few of the species . My definition of Man is , ' a Cooking animal . ' The beasts have memory , judgment , and all the faculties and passions of our mind in a certain ...
... means of which he can make another thing . But this ap- plies to very few of the species . My definition of Man is , ' a Cooking animal . ' The beasts have memory , judgment , and all the faculties and passions of our mind in a certain ...
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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 : ' Ha miseria nostra . 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 : ' Ha miseria nostra . 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 England ; 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 England ; 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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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