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Page 51
... Johnson dined at Bennet Langton's , in company with Boswell , Dr. Porteus ( Bishop of Chester ) , and Dr. Stinton ( Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury ) . Before dinner Johnson was silent . Later he talked of Horatian syntax and ...
... Johnson dined at Bennet Langton's , in company with Boswell , Dr. Porteus ( Bishop of Chester ) , and Dr. Stinton ( Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury ) . Before dinner Johnson was silent . Later he talked of Horatian syntax and ...
Page 53
... Johnson . ' Here is the familiar Johnson as portrayed in some of the most brilliant pages of Boswell's social chronicle , pages which present a microcosm of Johnson's opinions and prejudices and show him discussing cookery books and the ...
... Johnson . ' Here is the familiar Johnson as portrayed in some of the most brilliant pages of Boswell's social chronicle , pages which present a microcosm of Johnson's opinions and prejudices and show him discussing cookery books and the ...
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... Johnson in the newspapers ; from time to time , no doubt , he had dipped into the pages of Rasselas or The Rambler . He was , literally , the man in the street and instinctively he addressed Johnson as a philosopher . It is a reputation ...
... Johnson in the newspapers ; from time to time , no doubt , he had dipped into the pages of Rasselas or The Rambler . He was , literally , the man in the street and instinctively he addressed Johnson as a philosopher . It is a reputation ...
Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 13 |
IMMATERIALISM Philosophical Lecture By A A Luce Read | 19 |
WORDSWORTH AND POPE Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 33 |
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