Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Boswell's Life of Johnson Marginal Notes on Johnson's Lives of the Poets Miscellaneous or Original Compositions in Prose and Verse . The Three Warnings The Streatham Portraits Asheri PAGE 3 6 30 34 34 ท 37 40 43 46 49 52 56 63 75 ...
... Boswell's Life of Johnson Marginal Notes on Johnson's Lives of the Poets Miscellaneous or Original Compositions in Prose and Verse . The Three Warnings The Streatham Portraits Asheri PAGE 3 6 30 34 34 ท 37 40 43 46 49 52 56 63 75 ...
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... But so it is , that though death cer- tainly does strike the dart , it is often vice or folly poisons it with regard to this world or the world to come . ― MARGINAL NOTES ON BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . * On 122 MARGINAL NOTES .
... But so it is , that though death cer- tainly does strike the dart , it is often vice or folly poisons it with regard to this world or the world to come . ― MARGINAL NOTES ON BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . * On 122 MARGINAL NOTES .
Page 123
... Boswell , 1772. " Mrs. Thrale loves you . " Not I. I never loved him . As to Lady Emily Harvey having been mad : She ... Boswell have been used for the Introduction . you remember your old acquaintance Dr. Johnson ? " said ...
... Boswell , 1772. " Mrs. Thrale loves you . " Not I. I never loved him . As to Lady Emily Harvey having been mad : She ... Boswell have been used for the Introduction . you remember your old acquaintance Dr. Johnson ? " said ...
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... Boswell . " Would you not allow a man to drink for that reason ( to make him forget what is disagree- able ) ? " Johnson . " Yes , Sir , if he sate next you . " Dr. Johnson said : " The man compels me to treat him so . " " You continue ...
... Boswell . " Would you not allow a man to drink for that reason ( to make him forget what is disagree- able ) ? " Johnson . " Yes , Sir , if he sate next you . " Dr. Johnson said : " The man compels me to treat him so . " " You continue ...
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... Boswell ) : So he has . I wish he had the style of a gentleman ; but his perverse imitation of countinghouse brevity , leaving the per- sonal pronoun out so perpetually , teazes a reader more than one could imagine . His style resembles ...
... Boswell ) : So he has . I wish he had the style of a gentleman ; but his perverse imitation of countinghouse brevity , leaving the per- sonal pronoun out so perpetually , teazes a reader more than one could imagine . His style resembles ...
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