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Page i
... CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS ; " AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION , NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH ...
... CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS ; " AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION , NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED : THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN , FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH ...
Page iii
... Conversation and Opinions on various Subjects - Excursion to Bristol - Chatterton's Forgery- Return to London - Madame Sevigné - Sharpe's Letters on Italy - The Infidel- Johnson's Opinions on Luxury - On Conversation - On the Bible - On ...
... Conversation and Opinions on various Subjects - Excursion to Bristol - Chatterton's Forgery- Return to London - Madame Sevigné - Sharpe's Letters on Italy - The Infidel- Johnson's Opinions on Luxury - On Conversation - On the Bible - On ...
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... Conversation respecting Johnson -Pope -- Greece and Rome - State of Ancient Britain - Mr . Henry - Dr . Robertson- Embassy to the King of Siam - Allan Ramsay - Johnson's Rudeness to Boswell- Dr. Blair's Sermon - Addison - East Indians ...
... Conversation respecting Johnson -Pope -- Greece and Rome - State of Ancient Britain - Mr . Henry - Dr . Robertson- Embassy to the King of Siam - Allan Ramsay - Johnson's Rudeness to Boswell- Dr. Blair's Sermon - Addison - East Indians ...
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... conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day before , at dinner , at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that cele- brated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many ...
... conversation which had passed between me and Captain Cook , the day before , at dinner , at Sir John Pringle's ; and he was much pleased with the conscientious accuracy of that cele- brated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many ...
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... conversation , and a reading man . The character of a soldier is high . They who stand forth the foremost in danger for the community have the respect of mankind . An officer is much more respected than any other man who has as little ...
... conversation , and a reading man . The character of a soldier is high . They who stand forth the foremost in danger for the community have the respect of mankind . An officer is much more respected than any other man who has as little ...
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