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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... turned into a fixed image . Dining at Lady Auchinleck's , he felt a “ tremulous awe " when he passed the room where his father had died . He began to drink again sporadically . Then Johnson came down on him with a letter so rigorously ...
... turned into a fixed image . Dining at Lady Auchinleck's , he felt a “ tremulous awe " when he passed the room where his father had died . He began to drink again sporadically . Then Johnson came down on him with a letter so rigorously ...
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... turned out that his illness , as he told Malone , was by " no means such as I had just reason to apprehend ... in this last excursion into the wilds of Venus . " The best excuse he could think of was , " I am no hypocrite though sadly ...
... turned out that his illness , as he told Malone , was by " no means such as I had just reason to apprehend ... in this last excursion into the wilds of Venus . " The best excuse he could think of was , " I am no hypocrite though sadly ...
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... turned into a public event . He was the celebrated Mr. Boswell , and all of Cornwall turned out in hospitality : Sir William Lemon , M.P. for the duchy , whose daughter Maria he found particularly alluring ; Sir Christopher Hawkins ...
... turned into a public event . He was the celebrated Mr. Boswell , and all of Cornwall turned out in hospitality : Sir William Lemon , M.P. for the duchy , whose daughter Maria he found particularly alluring ; Sir Christopher Hawkins ...
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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