The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 146
... Johnson's Court , No. 7 , where he resided for ten . Johnson's Court is in the neighbourhood of Gough Square . It was during this period that he accompanied his friend Boswell to Scotland , where he sometimes humorously styled himself ' ...
... Johnson's Court , No. 7 , where he resided for ten . Johnson's Court is in the neighbourhood of Gough Square . It was during this period that he accompanied his friend Boswell to Scotland , where he sometimes humorously styled himself ' ...
Page 211
... Johnson's imagination , to throw a lustre upon his other qualities ; and , in a short time , the moral , pious Johnson , and the gay , dissipated Beauclerc were companions . " What a coalition ! " said Garrick , when he heard of this ...
... Johnson's imagination , to throw a lustre upon his other qualities ; and , in a short time , the moral , pious Johnson , and the gay , dissipated Beauclerc were companions . " What a coalition ! " said Garrick , when he heard of this ...
Page 375
... JOHNSON 375 Art of Preserving Health . The affectations of men of genius are sometimes in direct contradiction to ... Johnson evidently saw completely through Boswell . ' Mr. Thomas Davies , the actor ' , saith the particular ...
... JOHNSON 375 Art of Preserving Health . The affectations of men of genius are sometimes in direct contradiction to ... Johnson evidently saw completely through Boswell . ' Mr. Thomas Davies , the actor ' , saith the particular ...
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