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 43
... asked if he could remember Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to ...
... asked if he could remember Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say to ...
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... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his ' London , ' recommended him to Earl Gower , who ... asked to solicit Swift cannot be known . See ante , 82 note 2 , post , iv . 61 , and App . G , p . 533 . think there is a ...
... asked . Pope , without any knowledge of him but from his ' London , ' recommended him to Earl Gower , who ... asked to solicit Swift cannot be known . See ante , 82 note 2 , post , iv . 61 , and App . G , p . 533 . think there is a ...
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... asked how he felt upon the ill success of his tragedy , he replied , ' Like the Monument 3 ; ' meaning that he continued firm and unmoved as that column . And let it be. 1 See ante , p . 102 . 2 Murphy ( Life , p . 53 ) says that some ...
... asked how he felt upon the ill success of his tragedy , he replied , ' Like the Monument 3 ; ' meaning that he continued firm and unmoved as that column . And let it be. 1 See ante , p . 102 . 2 Murphy ( Life , p . 53 ) says that some ...
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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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