The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... Johnson . You are right , sir . ' " * " Boswell vindicates the taste here expressed by the example of a " very ... Johnson's ipse dixit was enough . He wanted neither Boswell's vindication , nor any other . He was melancholy , and ...
... Johnson . You are right , sir . ' " * " Boswell vindicates the taste here expressed by the example of a " very ... Johnson's ipse dixit was enough . He wanted neither Boswell's vindication , nor any other . He was melancholy , and ...
Page 166
... JOHNSON . " good houses , well inhabited ; " and Gough Square he calls fashionable . * Johnson was probably in every tavern and coffee - house in Fleet Street . There is one which has taken his name , being styled , par excellence ...
... JOHNSON . " good houses , well inhabited ; " and Gough Square he calls fashionable . * Johnson was probably in every tavern and coffee - house in Fleet Street . There is one which has taken his name , being styled , par excellence ...
Page 167
... JOHNSON . 167 which every one would wish to attain , though , perhaps , he might not take the trouble necessary for attaining it . " One of his most curious remarks followed , occasioned by the mention of Campbell , the author of the ...
... JOHNSON . 167 which every one would wish to attain , though , perhaps , he might not take the trouble necessary for attaining it . " One of his most curious remarks followed , occasioned by the mention of Campbell , the author of the ...
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afterwards ancient Anecdotes appear Baynard's Castle Ben Jonson Bishop body booksellers boy-bishop building built Cæsar's called Carliel cathedral celebrated Chancery Lane Charles church Clifford's Inn club coach COATS OF ARMS Congreve Court curious death Diana Duchess Duchess of Albemarle Duke Earl Edward Edward III Elizabeth England Essex famous Fleet Street garden Henry Heralds Hill honour Inigo Inigo Jones Johnson King King's Kit-Kat Club Knights Knights Templars Lady letter Lincoln's Lincoln's Inn Fields lived lodged Londinium London look Lord Russell Ludgate Ludgate Hill mansion mentioned metropolis Mohun neighbourhood never occupied origin palace passage Paul's Churchyard Pennant perhaps persons poet poetry Pope present probably Queen reign Richardson river says Boswell sermon Shakspeare side Sir Christopher Somerset House spirit Square stands stood supposed Tatler tavern Templars Temple theatre thing thought told took walk word writer