The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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Page 109
... Boothby , succeeded her in the man- he was no very witty man . He was an in - agement of Mr. Fitzherbert's family , and stance of the truth of the observation , that a man will please more upon the whole by negative qualities than by ...
... Boothby , succeeded her in the man- he was no very witty man . He was an in - agement of Mr. Fitzherbert's family , and stance of the truth of the observation , that a man will please more upon the whole by negative qualities than by ...
Page 276
... Boothby 4 , succeeded her in the management of Mr. Fitzherbert's family , and in the esteem of Dr. Johnson ; though he told me , she push ed her piety to bigotry , her devotion to en thusiasm ; that she somewhat disqualified herself for ...
... Boothby 4 , succeeded her in the management of Mr. Fitzherbert's family , and in the esteem of Dr. Johnson ; though he told me , she push ed her piety to bigotry , her devotion to en thusiasm ; that she somewhat disqualified herself for ...
Page 277
... Boothby is " a sweet angel , " and " a dear angel , ' and his " heart is full of tenderness ; " but when the whole series of letters is read , it will be Mr. Langton , who frequently visited him , seen that the friendship began late in ...
... Boothby is " a sweet angel , " and " a dear angel , ' and his " heart is full of tenderness ; " but when the whole series of letters is read , it will be Mr. Langton , who frequently visited him , seen that the friendship began late in ...
Page 469
... Boothby 2 and Dr. Johnson . Referred to in vol . i . p . 23 , and pp . 109 and 276 of this vol . ] PREFACE . [ Of Mr. Richard Wright , surgeon in Lich- field , the original editor of the little volume containing Dr. Johnson's notes of ...
... Boothby 2 and Dr. Johnson . Referred to in vol . i . p . 23 , and pp . 109 and 276 of this vol . ] PREFACE . [ Of Mr. Richard Wright , surgeon in Lich- field , the original editor of the little volume containing Dr. Johnson's notes of ...
Page 470
... Boothby are printed in Mrs. Piozzi's Collection , and in Boswell's Life of him 2 . The original MSS . are deposited in the museum of antiquities and natural curiosities , belonging to the Editor ; which is open to the inspection of the ...
... Boothby are printed in Mrs. Piozzi's Collection , and in Boswell's Life of him 2 . The original MSS . are deposited in the museum of antiquities and natural curiosities , belonging to the Editor ; which is open to the inspection of the ...
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