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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... tion , but because his mind is full . ' A casual meeting , Johnson thought , would leave the impression on a stranger that Burke was ' an extraordi- nary man ' ; but the doctor refused to credit him as a wit . With power of inspiring ...
... tion , but because his mind is full . ' A casual meeting , Johnson thought , would leave the impression on a stranger that Burke was ' an extraordi- nary man ' ; but the doctor refused to credit him as a wit . With power of inspiring ...
Page 140
... tion and lack of worldly wisdom kept Goldsmith in a chronic state of debt . The consequent worry , Johnson thought , aggravated the fever of which he died , confessing to his physician that his mind was not at ease . ' Sir Joshua is of ...
... tion and lack of worldly wisdom kept Goldsmith in a chronic state of debt . The consequent worry , Johnson thought , aggravated the fever of which he died , confessing to his physician that his mind was not at ease . ' Sir Joshua is of ...
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... tion of Cicero's De Oratore to himself , Bentley unwillingly gave Pearce , at the age of twenty - six , a Fellowship at Trinity College , Cambridge . His Lordship procured afterwards for Pearce , who spent three years in his household ...
... tion of Cicero's De Oratore to himself , Bentley unwillingly gave Pearce , at the age of twenty - six , a Fellowship at Trinity College , Cambridge . His Lordship procured afterwards for Pearce , who spent three years in his household ...
Contents
SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D 17091784 | 2 |
CONTEMPORARY BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD | 8 |
JOHNSON IN SCOTLAND | 14 |
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