Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebride and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1 |
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Page 424
... King can do no wrong ; that whatever may happen to be wrong in government may not be above our reach , by being ascribed to Majesty . Redress is always to be had against oppression , by punishing the immediate agents . The King , though ...
... King can do no wrong ; that whatever may happen to be wrong in government may not be above our reach , by being ascribed to Majesty . Redress is always to be had against oppression , by punishing the immediate agents . The King , though ...
Page 435
... King of Prus- sia , I observed to Johnson , ' It would seem then , Sir , that much less parts are necessary to make a King , than to make an Authour ; for the King of Prussia is confessedly the greatest King now in Europe , yet you ...
... King of Prus- sia , I observed to Johnson , ' It would seem then , Sir , that much less parts are necessary to make a King , than to make an Authour ; for the King of Prussia is confessedly the greatest King now in Europe , yet you ...
Page 442
... King does not exclude a man from such society . Great Kings have always been social . The King of Prussia , the only great King at present , is very social . Charles the Second , the last King of England who was a man of parts , was ...
... King does not exclude a man from such society . Great Kings have always been social . The King of Prussia , the only great King at present , is very social . Charles the Second , the last King of England who was a man of parts , was ...
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DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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