Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... Thrale , in 1765 , the lady was twenty - five years old.3 In other places he says , that Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's seventieth . Johnson was born in 1709. If , there- fore , Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth ...
... Thrale , in 1765 , the lady was twenty - five years old.3 In other places he says , that Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's seventieth . Johnson was born in 1709. If , there- fore , Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth ...
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... Thrale was exactly thirty - five years old when Johnson was seventy , appear to us utterly frivolous . Again , Mr. Croker informs his readers that Lord Mansfield survived Johnson full ten years . ' 1 Lord Mansfield survived Dr. Johnson ...
... Thrale was exactly thirty - five years old when Johnson was seventy , appear to us utterly frivolous . Again , Mr. Croker informs his readers that Lord Mansfield survived Johnson full ten years . ' 1 Lord Mansfield survived Dr. Johnson ...
Page 11
... Thrales till 1765 , four years after the book had been published.'1 Mr. Croker , in reprehending the fancied inaccuracy of Mrs. Thrale , has himself shown a degree of inaccuracy , or , to speak more properly , a degree of ignorance ...
... Thrales till 1765 , four years after the book had been published.'1 Mr. Croker , in reprehending the fancied inaccuracy of Mrs. Thrale , has himself shown a degree of inaccuracy , or , to speak more properly , a degree of ignorance ...
Page 20
... Thrale to marry the music - master ; and so forth . We cannot speak more favourably of the manner in which the notes are written than of the matter ยท 6 of which they consist . We find in every page words used in wrong senses , and ...
... Thrale to marry the music - master ; and so forth . We cannot speak more favourably of the manner in which the notes are written than of the matter ยท 6 of which they consist . We find in every page words used in wrong senses , and ...
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... Thrale's book , scraps of Mr. Tyers , scraps of Mr. Murphy , scraps of Mr. Cradock , long prosings of Sir John Hawkins , and connecting observations by Mr. Croker himself , inserted into the midst of Boswell's text . To this practice we ...
... Thrale's book , scraps of Mr. Tyers , scraps of Mr. Murphy , scraps of Mr. Cradock , long prosings of Sir John Hawkins , and connecting observations by Mr. Croker himself , inserted into the midst of Boswell's text . To this practice we ...
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