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, 1786 |
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... once launched from the metropolis he would go forward very well ; and I got our common friends there to assist in set- ting him afloat . To Mrs. Thrale in particular , whose en- chantment over him seldom failed , I was much obliged . It ...
... once launched from the metropolis he would go forward very well ; and I got our common friends there to assist in set- ting him afloat . To Mrs. Thrale in particular , whose en- chantment over him seldom failed , I was much obliged . It ...
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... once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleas- antry , and some truth , that ' Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary , were it not for his bow - wow way : ' but I admit the truth of this only on some occasions . The ...
... once to me at Wilton , with a happy pleas- antry , and some truth , that ' Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary , were it not for his bow - wow way : ' but I admit the truth of this only on some occasions . The ...
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... once united me to him . He told me that , before I came in , the Doctor had unluckily had a bad specimen of Scottish cleanliness ' . He then drank no fermented liquor . He asked to have his lemonade made sweeter ; upon which the waiter ...
... once united me to him . He told me that , before I came in , the Doctor had unluckily had a bad specimen of Scottish cleanliness ' . He then drank no fermented liquor . He asked to have his lemonade made sweeter ; upon which the waiter ...
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... once a good companion , and a good chris- tian ; which I think is saying enough . Yet it is but justice to record , that once , when he was in a dangerous illness , he was watched with the anxious apprehension of a general calamity ...
... once a good companion , and a good chris- tian ; which I think is saying enough . Yet it is but justice to record , that once , when he was in a dangerous illness , he was watched with the anxious apprehension of a general calamity ...
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... once made a good joke ' . What I 1 We learn , post , Oct. 29 , that Robertson was cautious in his talk , though we see here that he had much more courage than the profess- ors of Aberdeen or Glasgow . 2 ' This was one of the points upon ...
... once made a good joke ' . What I 1 We learn , post , Oct. 29 , that Robertson was cautious in his talk , though we see here that he had much more courage than the profess- ors of Aberdeen or Glasgow . 2 ' This was one of the points upon ...
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Aberdeen ancient asked August August 15 August 21 battle of Culloden Beattie believe 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 Hume Inchkenneth Inverness island isle James JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson Journey King Kingsburgh Lady Laird land learning lived London looked Lord Monboddo lordship M'Aulay M'Kinnon M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo never night observed opinion Piozzi Letters pleased poem prayer Prince Charles Professor publick Rasay Robertson Samuel Johnson says Scotland Sept servant shew Sir Alexander Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told walked Walter Scott wish writing wrote young