Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 5Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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... sides , I love anecdotes ' . I fancy mankind may time , to write all aphoristically , except in narrative ; grow weary of preparation , and connection , and illustration , and all those arts by which a big book is made . If a man is to ...
... sides , I love anecdotes ' . I fancy mankind may time , to write all aphoristically , except in narrative ; grow weary of preparation , and connection , and illustration , and all those arts by which a big book is made . If a man is to ...
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... side of that perplexed question ; and I was afraid the dispute would have run high between them . But Sir Adolphus , who had a very sweet temper , changed the discourse , grew playful , laughed at Lord Monboddo's ' notion of men having ...
... side of that perplexed question ; and I was afraid the dispute would have run high between them . But Sir Adolphus , who had a very sweet temper , changed the discourse , grew playful , laughed at Lord Monboddo's ' notion of men having ...
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... side of Edinburgh , endeav- ouring to make them more defensible [ against the Pretender ] . He had even erected some ... side , And fear on every side there is , and many - faced is death . ' Morris , Virgil Eneids , ii . 368 . 56 ...
... side of Edinburgh , endeav- ouring to make them more defensible [ against the Pretender ] . He had even erected some ... side , And fear on every side there is , and many - faced is death . ' Morris , Virgil Eneids , ii . 368 . 56 ...
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... side that offers him a fee . ' Sir , ( said I , ) it was with your arguments against Sir William Forbes ' : but it was much that I could wield the arms of Goliath . ' He said , our judges had not gone deep in the question concerning ...
... side that offers him a fee . ' Sir , ( said I , ) it was with your arguments against Sir William Forbes ' : but it was much that I could wield the arms of Goliath . ' He said , our judges had not gone deep in the question concerning ...
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... sides . Dr. Johnson maintained the superiority of Homer . BOSWELL . Johnson told Windham that he had never read through the Odyssey in the original . Windham's Diary , p . 17. See ante , iii . 220 , and May 1 , 1783 . ' Johnson ten ...
... sides . Dr. Johnson maintained the superiority of Homer . BOSWELL . Johnson told Windham that he had never read through the Odyssey in the original . Windham's Diary , p . 17. See ante , iii . 220 , and May 1 , 1783 . ' Johnson ten ...
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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