Who's who in Boswell?Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and sold by B. Blackwell, 1935 - Biography & Autobiography - 366 pages |
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... conversation Johnson used the word ' scoundrel , ' explained by his biographer as fol- lows : ' It may be observed that he used the epithet not quite in the sense in which it is generally understood , but as a strong term of disapproba ...
... conversation Johnson used the word ' scoundrel , ' explained by his biographer as fol- lows : ' It may be observed that he used the epithet not quite in the sense in which it is generally understood , but as a strong term of disapproba ...
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... Conversation . A print of this picture at Streatham led to Johnson's relating a story of Ford's ghost appearing on ... conversation , I should have had the opportunity of recollecting past times , and wandering per montes notos et ...
... Conversation . A print of this picture at Streatham led to Johnson's relating a story of Ford's ghost appearing on ... conversation , I should have had the opportunity of recollecting past times , and wandering per montes notos et ...
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... conversation caused a stranger to think John- son an inspired idiot . Richardson's novels gained the admiration of Lady Wortley Montagu , Lord Chesterfield and other judges of literature , though some detected ignorance of the manners ...
... conversation caused a stranger to think John- son an inspired idiot . Richardson's novels gained the admiration of Lady Wortley Montagu , Lord Chesterfield and other judges of literature , though some detected ignorance of the manners ...
Contents
SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D 17091784 | 2 |
CONTEMPORARY BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD | 8 |
JOHNSON IN SCOTLAND | 14 |
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