Life of Johnson, Volume 5 - Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by James Boswell
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less than Scottish. Second Sight. Garrick and Foote compared as
companions. Moravian Missions and Methodism. _November 11_. History originally oral. Dr. Robertson's liberality of sentiment. Rebellion natural to man. * * * * * Summary account of the manner in which Dr. Johnson spent his time from November 12 to November 21. Lord Mansfield, Mr. Richardson. The private life of an English Judge. Dr. Johnson's high opinion of Dr. Robertson and Dr. Blair. Letter from Dr. Blair to the authour. Officers of the army often ignorant of things belonging to their own profession. Academy for the deaf and dumb. A Scotch Highlander and an English sailor. Attacks on authours advantageous to them. Roslin Castle and Hawthornden. Dr. Johnson's _Parody of Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs_. Arrive at Cranston. Dr. Johnson's departure for London. Letters from Lord Hailes and Mr. Dempster to the authour. Letter from the Laird of Rasay to the authour. The authour's answer. Dr. Johnson's Advertisement, acknowledging a mistake in his _Journey to the Western Islands_. His letter to the Laird of Rasay. Letter from Sir William Forbes to the authour. Conclusion. HE WAS OF AN ADMIRABLE PREGNANCY OF WIT, AND THAT PREGNANCY MUCH IMPROVED BY CONTINUAL STUDY FROM HIS CHILDHOOD: BY WHICH HE HAD GOTTEN SUCH A PROMPTNESS IN EXPRESSING HIS MIND, THAT HIS EXTEMPORAL SPEECHES WERE LITTLE INFERIOR TO |
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