Some XVIII Century Men of Letters: Biographical Essays, 第 2 巻J. Murray, 1902 |
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¹ Boswell's acquaintance admiration afterwards Anecdotes appeared asserted bookseller Boswell Boswell's Johnson Boswell's Letters brother called chap character comedy conversation Covent Garden Coxwold death Essay Eton College exclaimed fame father Fielding Forster's Goldsmith Garrick genius Gray Gray's guineas Hawkins's heard heart honour Horace Walpole humour Ibid Johnsoniana Jones Joseph Andrews Joseph Warton labour lady language learning Lichfield literary Lives London Lord Lord Chesterfield Market Bosworth Mason master Memoirs merit mind Murphy nature never Nichols's Oliver Goldsmith opinion passion person piece Piozzi pleasure poem poet poetry poor portrait pounds poverty praise published Rambler Rasselas remarked replied Reynolds satire says scene sentiments Sterne style Susannah talents talk taste tell thought Thrale tion told Tom Jones Trim Tristram Shandy Uncle Toby vanity verse Vicar of Wakefield Walpole Walpole's Wharton wife words write wrote Yorick
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