The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides. Repr. of the 1st ed., to which are added mr. Boswell's corrections [ &c.]. Ed., with new notes, by P. Fitzgerald. (Auchinleck ed.).1874 |
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James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. and failed , there is nothing to be said for him . " Why then , ( I ... Boswell's report is meagre , but Dr. Campbell jotted down some notes which show that the conversation was interest- ing ...
James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. and failed , there is nothing to be said for him . " Why then , ( I ... Boswell's report is meagre , but Dr. Campbell jotted down some notes which show that the conversation was interest- ing ...
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James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. entirely to his office . JOHNSON . " Hale , Sir , attended to other things beside law : he left a great estate . " BOSWELL . " That was , because what he got , accumulated without any exertion ...
James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. entirely to his office . JOHNSON . " Hale , Sir , attended to other things beside law : he left a great estate . " BOSWELL . " That was , because what he got , accumulated without any exertion ...
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James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. On Monday , April 10 , I dined with him at General Oglethorpe's , with ... Boswell , every man who writes a dictionary must borrow . ' ' Not he , ' says Johnson ; that is not necessary . ' Why ...
James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. On Monday , April 10 , I dined with him at General Oglethorpe's , with ... Boswell , every man who writes a dictionary must borrow . ' ' Not he , ' says Johnson ; that is not necessary . ' Why ...
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James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. was expected , there was some happiness produced by hope . Being pressed upon this subject , and asked if he really was of opinion that though , in general , happiness was very rare in human ...
James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. was expected , there was some happiness produced by hope . Being pressed upon this subject , and asked if he really was of opinion that though , in general , happiness was very rare in human ...
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James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. to say at any time , as well as at the levee . There is now no Prime Minister : there is only an agent for government in the House of Commons . We are governed by the Cabinet ; but there is no ...
James Boswell Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. to say at any time , as well as at the levee . There is now no Prime Minister : there is only an agent for government in the House of Commons . We are governed by the Cabinet ; but there is no ...
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