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... Journal and , as will be seen , in the Hypochondriack essays . In the Hebrides Journal he wrote , of a Latin ode by Dr. John Macpherson , that it " is very poetical , " quoted four stanzas , describing the concluding stanza as being ...
... Journal and , as will be seen , in the Hypochondriack essays . In the Hebrides Journal he wrote , of a Latin ode by Dr. John Macpherson , that it " is very poetical , " quoted four stanzas , describing the concluding stanza as being ...
Page 72
... Journal , in the letters , and in the Hebrides Journal , it is only in this last work that Boswell ventured the mildest critical opinion , the passing reference to Henry IV's " fine soliloquy on sleep . ” And save for his observing in ...
... Journal , in the letters , and in the Hebrides Journal , it is only in this last work that Boswell ventured the mildest critical opinion , the passing reference to Henry IV's " fine soliloquy on sleep . ” And save for his observing in ...
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... ( Journal , p . 306 ) . Recourse to the London Journal ( p . 291 ) , quoted above , reveals that Boswell , in 1763 , also expressed great admiration for " The Life of Savage , which is distinguished for perspicuity of narration , and ...
... ( Journal , p . 306 ) . Recourse to the London Journal ( p . 291 ) , quoted above , reveals that Boswell , in 1763 , also expressed great admiration for " The Life of Savage , which is distinguished for perspicuity of narration , and ...
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Paging Through Boswells Life of Johnson | 3 |
Notes on Johnsons Hebridean Jaunt | 15 |
Johnsons Early Translations from Virgil Homer and Horace | 23 |
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