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Page vii
... Miss Cotterells ( daughters of Admiral Cotterell ) , to whom he had been introduced by Joseph Baretti . For the next ten years the traces of Johnson's dwelling - places are 1 The No. 6 nearly opposite No. 36 is not No. 6 Castle Street ...
... Miss Cotterells ( daughters of Admiral Cotterell ) , to whom he had been introduced by Joseph Baretti . For the next ten years the traces of Johnson's dwelling - places are 1 The No. 6 nearly opposite No. 36 is not No. 6 Castle Street ...
Page ix
... Miss Reynolds ; " but would either hold it in his hand , or place it with great composure against some support , taking no notice of its imperfection to his visitor . " Gough Square ( " Goff Square , " he spells it in a letter to Miss ...
... Miss Reynolds ; " but would either hold it in his hand , or place it with great composure against some support , taking no notice of its imperfection to his visitor . " Gough Square ( " Goff Square , " he spells it in a letter to Miss ...
Page xi
... Miss Williams the ground floor . On Easter - day , 1773 , Boswell , to his delight , dined with his Mentor chez lui , on “ a boiled leg of lamb and spinach , a veal pye , and a rice pudding " -a repast far superior to the Lacedemonian ...
... Miss Williams the ground floor . On Easter - day , 1773 , Boswell , to his delight , dined with his Mentor chez lui , on “ a boiled leg of lamb and spinach , a veal pye , and a rice pudding " -a repast far superior to the Lacedemonian ...
Page xii
... miss church on a Sunday , " he told Boswell at seventy , " I resolve to go another day . But I do not always do it . " He was , however , a rigid Sabbatarian , carefully regulating his Sunday reading ; and Boswell noticed " that he ...
... miss church on a Sunday , " he told Boswell at seventy , " I resolve to go another day . But I do not always do it . " He was , however , a rigid Sabbatarian , carefully regulating his Sunday reading ; and Boswell noticed " that he ...
Page xiv
... " and Fanny Burney of its " solemnity . " Miss Evelina Anville found that she could not as gay and thoughtless " at the Pantheon as at the Chelsea garden . be 66 There was a humbler Pantheon in the Spa Fields at xiv INTRODUCTION.
... " and Fanny Burney of its " solemnity . " Miss Evelina Anville found that she could not as gay and thoughtless " at the Pantheon as at the Chelsea garden . be 66 There was a humbler Pantheon in the Spa Fields at xiv INTRODUCTION.
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