Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Barnes & Noble, 1966 - 488 pages |
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... described , and his roughness of manners kept pace with that . When Mrs. Thrale quoted something from Foster's Sermons , he flew in a passion and said that Foster was a man of mean ability , and of no original thinking . All which tho ...
... described , and his roughness of manners kept pace with that . When Mrs. Thrale quoted something from Foster's Sermons , he flew in a passion and said that Foster was a man of mean ability , and of no original thinking . All which tho ...
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... described Ireland as having once been ' the school of the west , the quiet habitation of sanctity and literature . ' Life , iii . 112 . 3'The Irish ( he said ) have not that extreme nationality which we find in the Scotch . ' Ib . ii ...
... described Ireland as having once been ' the school of the west , the quiet habitation of sanctity and literature . ' Life , iii . 112 . 3'The Irish ( he said ) have not that extreme nationality which we find in the Scotch . ' Ib . ii ...
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... described him as ' Mr. James Boswell , a native of Scotland . ' Hawkins , p . 472. Boswell in return , in enumerating the members of the Ivy Lane Club , described him as ' Mr. John Hawkins , an attorney . ' Life , i . 190. See ante , ii ...
... described him as ' Mr. James Boswell , a native of Scotland . ' Hawkins , p . 472. Boswell in return , in enumerating the members of the Ivy Lane Club , described him as ' Mr. John Hawkins , an attorney . ' Life , i . 190. See ante , ii ...
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Apophthegms c from Hawkinss Edition of Johnsons Works | 21 |
Anecdotes from the Rev Dr Thomas Campbells Diary of a Visit | 39 |
Anecdotes from Penningtons Memoirs of Mrs Carter | 58 |
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