Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 5Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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... person who was the best judge of its truth . I need not tell you I 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 ...
... person who was the best judge of its truth . I need not tell you I 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 ...
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... person of taste and knowledge that I have conversed with , it has been greatly heightened ; and I will venture to predict , that this specimen of the colloquial talents and extemporaneous effusions of my illustrious fellow - traveller ...
... person of taste and knowledge that I have conversed with , it has been greatly heightened ; and I will venture to predict , that this specimen of the colloquial talents and extemporaneous effusions of my illustrious fellow - traveller ...
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... Persons of consequence watched in London . Learning of the Scots from 1550 to 1650. The arts of civil life little known in Scotland till the Union . Life of a sailor . The folly of Peter the Great in working in a dock - yard . Arrive at ...
... Persons of consequence watched in London . Learning of the Scots from 1550 to 1650. The arts of civil life little known in Scotland till the Union . Life of a sailor . The folly of Peter the Great in working in a dock - yard . Arrive at ...
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... persons as too hard . Reception of the travellers in their progress . Spence . October 16. Miss Maclean . Account of Mull . The value of an oak walking - stick in the Hebrides . Arrive at Mr. M'Quarrie's in Ulva . Captain Macleod ...
... persons as too hard . Reception of the travellers in their progress . Spence . October 16. Miss Maclean . Account of Mull . The value of an oak walking - stick in the Hebrides . Arrive at Mr. M'Quarrie's in Ulva . Captain Macleod ...
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... persons here who respect him , and some whom I am persuaded he will think not unworthy of his esteem . I wish he would make the experiment . He sometimes cracks his jokes upon us ; but he will find that we can distinguish between the ...
... persons here who respect him , and some whom I am persuaded he will think not unworthy of his esteem . I wish he would make the experiment . He sometimes cracks his jokes upon us ; but he will find that we can distinguish between the ...
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Aberdeen afterwards ancient Anec asked Auchinleck August August 15 August 21 believe boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast called castle church conversation Croker dinner Duke Dunvegan DUPPA Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Fort Augustus Garrick gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Walpole Hume Humphry Clinker Inchkenneth island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson wrote journey King Kingsburgh Lady Laird land learning lived London Lord Lord Monboddo M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night observed opinion passage Piozzi Letters pleased Portree Prince Prince Charles publick Rasay Robertson rock Samuel Johnson says Scotland Sept SEPTEMBER servant shew Sir Allan suppose Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tour walked WALTER SCOTT wish writing young