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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Page 11
... Give me your hand , give me your hand , ' exclaimed Johnson in delight . ' You are the man after my own heart . ' Turner considered that ' the shaking of two hands , with two such happy faces attached to them , could hardly be matched ...
... Give me your hand , give me your hand , ' exclaimed Johnson in delight . ' You are the man after my own heart . ' Turner considered that ' the shaking of two hands , with two such happy faces attached to them , could hardly be matched ...
Page 61
... give out that he was dying . The first Mrs Boyse ended her days at Reading , where her husband had obtained literary work . To be thought a man of taste , Boyse tied black ribbon round the neck of a lap dog , which he carried about ...
... give out that he was dying . The first Mrs Boyse ended her days at Reading , where her husband had obtained literary work . To be thought a man of taste , Boyse tied black ribbon round the neck of a lap dog , which he carried about ...
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... give proof rather of learning than of poetical genius . Churchill's low opinion agrees with that of John- son , who ' could find no thinking ' in a volume of Ogilvie's poems . They were wanting alike , he judged , in genuine imagination ...
... give proof rather of learning than of poetical genius . Churchill's low opinion agrees with that of John- son , who ' could find no thinking ' in a volume of Ogilvie's poems . They were wanting alike , he judged , in genuine imagination ...
Contents
SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D 17091784 | 2 |
CONTEMPORARY BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD | 8 |
JOHNSON IN SCOTLAND | 14 |
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