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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... write . The previous winter he had suggested to Lords Covington and Kames that he write their lives ; now he was meditating biographies of Hume and of his long - time friend , Sir Alexander Dick . ( What a wonderful series Boswell's ...
... write . The previous winter he had suggested to Lords Covington and Kames that he write their lives ; now he was meditating biographies of Hume and of his long - time friend , Sir Alexander Dick . ( What a wonderful series Boswell's ...
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... write every day , I should be happy . " Mystification and puffery accompanied publication : Boswell amused himself by charging others with writing his pamphlet . And with Robert Syme , one of the very few to whom he disclosed author ...
... write every day , I should be happy . " Mystification and puffery accompanied publication : Boswell amused himself by charging others with writing his pamphlet . And with Robert Syme , one of the very few to whom he disclosed author ...
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... writing a history of the wolf in Great Britain , Johnson asked why he didn't write a history of the grey or Hanover rat , so called because it had made its appearance in the country at the same time as the House of Hanover . JOHNSON ...
... writing a history of the wolf in Great Britain , Johnson asked why he didn't write a history of the grey or Hanover rat , so called because it had made its appearance in the country at the same time as the House of Hanover . JOHNSON ...
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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