James Boswell, the Later Years, 1769-1795McGraw-Hill, 1984 - 609 Follows Boswell's life from 1769, the year of his marriage, until Boswell's death in 1795, the period of Boswell's triumphs as a writer. In the process the author recounts the comings and goings of the great and near-great artistic and political figures of London in the Age of Reason. Theorist Edmund Burke, painter Joshua Reynolds, politician William Pitt, actor David Garrick, and, of course, the incomparable Dr. Johnson all move in and out of Boswell's life. This book combines colourful narrative with critical commentary on Boswell's two major works, his Life of Samuel Johnson and Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. |
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... kind of delirium . " But Boswell's cousin , Capt . Robert Preston , and the young man's uncle intervened to bring the matter to ceremonious resolution , William having ( Boswell decided ) , " spirited ideas of honour and the regard he ...
... kind of delirium . " But Boswell's cousin , Capt . Robert Preston , and the young man's uncle intervened to bring the matter to ceremonious resolution , William having ( Boswell decided ) , " spirited ideas of honour and the regard he ...
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... kind of stupor . But then any " abstruse kind of speculation , " he thought , “ sickened " his " perceptions of real life " : it led directly to religious doubts , to dreary brooding over Liberty and Necessity , the emptiness of life ...
... kind of stupor . But then any " abstruse kind of speculation , " he thought , “ sickened " his " perceptions of real life " : it led directly to religious doubts , to dreary brooding over Liberty and Necessity , the emptiness of life ...
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... kind of endearing silliness . He obtained from Miss Monckton , he says , an Act of Oblivion . But periods of excess were balanced by happier occasions : a three - day visit to Richmond to see Mrs. Stuart ; an evening at the Royal ...
... kind of endearing silliness . He obtained from Miss Monckton , he says , an Act of Oblivion . But periods of excess were balanced by happier occasions : a three - day visit to Richmond to see Mrs. Stuart ; an evening at the Royal ...
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Account of Corsica anecdotes Anna Seward asked attention Auchinleck House Ayrshire biography Boswell wrote Boswell's Bruce Campbell Burke called Carlisle character conversation Corsica Court of Session Courtenay death Dilly dinner drinking Dundas earlier Edinburgh edition Eglinton election English bar entertaining Essay Farington father fear feelings felt Fergusson Forbes Garrick Geoffrey Scott happy Hebrides honour hope hypochondria imagination James Boswell John Johnson Journ July June Kames Lady Auchinleck Laird Langton later literary live London Lonsdale Lonsdale's Lord Auchinleck Lowther Macdonald Malone Margaret mind Mountstuart never Notes Paoli Parliament Piozzi Pitt pleasure political Pottle record remarked Reynolds Robert Boswell Samuel Johnson Sandy scene Scotland Scots Scottish seems Sept spirits talked Temple Temple's thought Thrale told Tour uneasy Veronica wanted wife Wilkes William wish write