Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... told me that , before I came in , the Doctor had unluckily had a bad specimen of Scottish cleanliness3 . He 22 Boswell's house in James's court . [ August 14. August 14. ] 21 In Cockburn's Life of Jeffrey , i . 157 , there is a ...
... told me that , before I came in , the Doctor had unluckily had a bad specimen of Scottish cleanliness3 . He 22 Boswell's house in James's court . [ August 14. August 14. ] 21 In Cockburn's Life of Jeffrey , i . 157 , there is a ...
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... told him , I was not clear that it was right in me to keep company with him . ' But , ( said I ) how much better are you than your books ! ' He was cheerful , obliging , and instructive ; he was charitable to the poor ; and many an ...
... told him , I was not clear that it was right in me to keep company with him . ' But , ( said I ) how much better are you than your books ! ' He was cheerful , obliging , and instructive ; he was charitable to the poor ; and many an ...
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... told me , ' he continues , ' that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty - five copies of it . . . I was I confess , discouraged , and had not the war at that time been breaking out between France and England , I had certainly re- tired to ...
... told me , ' he continues , ' that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty - five copies of it . . . I was I confess , discouraged , and had not the war at that time been breaking out between France and England , I had certainly re- tired to ...
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... told him , I had seen , at a Blue stocking assembly , a number of ladies sitting round a worthy and tall friend of ours , listening to his literature . ' Ay , ( said he ) like maids round a May - pole . ' I told him , I had found out a ...
... told him , I had seen , at a Blue stocking assembly , a number of ladies sitting round a worthy and tall friend of ours , listening to his literature . ' Ay , ( said he ) like maids round a May - pole . ' I told him , I had found out a ...
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... told that ' the good people of Edinburgh no longer think dirt and cobwebs essential to the house of God . ' Bishop Horne ( Essays and Thoughts , p . 45 ) mentioning ' the maxim laid down in a neighbouring kingdom that cleanliness is not ...
... told that ' the good people of Edinburgh no longer think dirt and cobwebs essential to the house of God . ' Bishop Horne ( Essays and Thoughts , p . 45 ) mentioning ' the maxim laid down in a neighbouring kingdom that cleanliness is not ...
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