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BOSWELL, J.: Life of Samuel Johnson (The) (Unabridged)
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- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Boswell, James, Author.
- Series:
- Naxos Spoken Word Library.
- Naxos Spoken Word Library
- Language:
- English
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- Spoken Word.
- Local Subjects:
- Spoken Word.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2018.
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- Contents:
- To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing ... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )
- What I consider is the peculiar value of the following work ... ( 08 min., 20 sec. )
- Samuel Johnson was born at Lichfield, in Staffordshire ... ( 11 min., 40 sec. )
- Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted ... ( 10 min., 11 sec. )
- He discovered a great ambition to excel ... ( 09 min., 18 sec. )
- Translation of part of the Dialogue between Hector ... ( 10 min., 34 sec. )
- In estimating the progress of his mind during these two years ... ( 10 min., 57 sec. )
- But let not little men triumph upon knowing ... ( 10 min., 38 sec. )
- No man had a more ardent love of literature ... ( 09 min., 45 sec. )
- Johnson was so far fortunate ... ( 11 min., 27 sec. )
- This being the first prose work of Johnson ... ( 12 min., 09 sec. )
- His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were, however ... ( 11 min., 43 sec. )
- While Johnson kept his academy ... ( 08 min., 33 sec. )
- At this period we find the following letter from him ... ( 08 min., 39 sec. )
- He now removed to London with Mrs. Johnson ... ( 10 min., 10 sec. )
- But what first displayed his transcendent powers ... ( 11 min., 53 sec. )
- Johnson's London was published in May, 1738 ... ( 10 min., 08 sec. )
- About this time he made one other effort ... ( 11 min., 31 sec. )
- In 1739, beside the assistance which he gave ... ( 11 min., 23 sec. )
- In 1740 he wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine ... ( 08 min., 57 sec. )
- In 1742 he wrote for the Gentleman's Magazine ... ( 08 min., 02 sec. )
- His writings in the Gentlemen's Magazine in 1743 ... ( 12 min., 24 sec. )
- In February 1744, it accordingly came forth ... ( 09 min., 55 sec. )
- That Lady Macclesfield was convicted of the crime ... ( 12 min., 30 sec. )
- But the year 1747 is distinguished as the epoch ... ( 10 min., 08 sec. )
- While the Dictionary was going forward ... ( 10 min., 03 sec. )
- Dr. Adams was present the first night of the representation ... ( 09 min., 06 sec. )
- Posterity will be astonished when they are told ... ( 09 min., 39 sec. )
- As the Rambler was entirely the work of one man ... ( 09 min., 37 sec. )
- To point out the numerous subjects which the Rambler ... ( 11 min., 49 sec. )
- Sir Thomas Brown, whose life Johnson wrote ... ( 10 min., 45 sec. )
- In 1751 we are to consider him as carrying on ... ( 09 min., 49 sec. )
- The state of mind in which a man must be ... ( 10 min., 45 sec. )
- Many are no doubt omitted in this catalogue of his friends ... ( 11 min., 28 sec. )
- He entered upon the year 1753 with his usual piety ... ( 09 min., 22 sec. )
- Lord Chesterfield, to whom Johnson had paid ... ( 11 min., 55 sec. )
- That Lord Chesterfield must have been mortified... ( 11 min., 56 sec. )
- In the course of this visit (1754), Johnson and I walked ... ( 09 min., 40 sec. )
- In 1755 we behold him to great advantage ... ( 10 min., 09 sec. )
- In one of his little memorandum-books ... ( 09 min., 34 sec. )
- To the Reverend Mr. Thomas Warton. ( 11 min., 02 sec. )
- His introducing his own opinions, and even prejudices ... ( 08 min., 02 sec. )
- Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence ... ( 11 min., 22 sec. )
- It is worthy of remark, injustice to Johnson's political ... ( 10 min., 06 sec. )
- This year Mr. William Payne ... ( 11 min., 06 sec. )
- In 1758 we find him, it should seem, in as easy and pleasant ... ( 10 min., 36 sec. )
- But in this number of his Idler his spirits seem to run riot ... ( 10 min., 19 sec. )
- Notwithstanding my high admiration of Raselas ... ( 07 min., 10 sec. )
- His negro servant, Francis Barber, having left him ... ( 10 min., 32 sec. )
- In 1761 Johnson appears to have done little. ( 14 min., 02 sec. )
- In 1762 he wrote for the Reverend Dr. Kennedy ... ( 11 min., 42 sec. )
- To the same. Dec. 21, 1762 ( 11 min., 15 sec. )
- This year his friend Joshua Reynolds paid a visit ... ( 09 min., 44 sec. )
- I have dwelt the longer upon this remarkable instance ... ( 12 min., 15 sec. )
- A few days aftewards I called on Davies ... ( 14 min., 57 sec. )
- Here let it be observed ... ( 10 min., 08 sec. )
- When I talked to him of the paternal estate to which ... ( 09 min., 58 sec. )
- Mrs. Piozzi and Sir John Hawkins have strangely ... ( 10 min., 33 sec. )
- On Wednesday, July 6, he was engaged to sup with me ... ( 10 min., 52 sec. )
- Talking of those who denied the truth of Christianity ... ( 11 min., 13 sec. )
- Mr. Levet this day showed me Dr. Johnson's library ... ( 10 min., 24 sec. )
- Mr. Dempster having endeavoured to maintain ... ( 09 min., 17 sec. )
- He again insisted on the duty of maintaining ... ( 10 min., 13 sec. )
- The conversation then took a philosophical turn. ( 10 min., 42 sec. )
- We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. ( 09 min., 59 sec. )
- He talked of Mr. Blacklock's poetry ... ( 10 min., 08 sec. )
- Utrecht seeming as first very dull to me ... ( 11 min. )
- Soon after his return to London, which was in February ... ( 11 min., 46 sec. )
- He was for some time in the summer at Easton Maudit ... ( 09 min., 42 sec. )
- Mr. Thrale had married Miss Hesther Lynch Salusbury ... ( 08 min., 39 sec. )
- Both in 1764 and 1765 it should seem that he was ... ( 11 min., 16 sec. )
- Dr. Johnson was very kind this evening ... ( 11 min., 10 sec. )
- After I had been some time in Scotland ... ( 11 min., 55 sec. )
- It appears from his diary ... ( 12 min., 09 sec. )
- Mr. Cuthbert Shaw, alike distinguished by his genius ... ( 09 min. )
- His Majesty then asked him what he thought of Lord ... ( 09 min., 02 sec. )
- We have the following notice in his devotional record ... ( 09 min., 59 sec. )
- He expatiated on the advantages of Oxford for learning. ( 11 min., 01 sec. )
- Upon his arrival in London in May ... ( 09 min., 43 sec. )
- In 1769, so far as I can discover ... ( 09 min., 57 sec. )
- Talking of a London life, he said ... ( 13 min., 28 sec. )
- He honoured me with his company at dinner on the 16th October ... ( 09 min., 56 sec. )
- Politics being mentioned, he said ... ( 09 min., 04 sec. )
- Next day, October 20, he appeared, for the only time ... ( 13 min., 02 sec. )
- I had hired a Bohemian as my servant ... ( 09 min., 43 sec. )
- Next morning I sent him a note ... ( 10 min., 31 sec. )
- Of this year I have obtained the following letters ... ( 09 min., 49 sec. )
- But let us view him in some instances of more familiar life ... ( 10 min., 19 sec. )
- He was much affected by the death of his mother ... ( 10 min., 06 sec. )
- To find a substitution for violated morality ... ( 09 min., 32 sec. )
- Mr. Strahan, the printer, who had been long in intimacy ... ( 11 min., 06 sec. )
- In 1772 he was altogether quiescent as an author ... ( 11 min., 46 sec. )
- We drank tea with Mrs. Williams ... ( 10 min., 19 sec. )
- After he had read for some time ... ( 10 min., 51 sec. )
- I again visited him at night. ( 10 min., 14 sec. )
- We talked of the proper use of riches. ( 10 min., 25 sec. )
- I spoke of the inequality of the livings of the clergy ... ( 08 min., 09 sec. )
- On Thursday, April 9, I called on him to beg ... ( 09 min., 42 sec. )
- On Saturday, April 11, he appointed me to come to him ... ( 10 min., 22 sec. )
- Mr. Langton told us he was about to establish a school ... ( 11 min., 37 sec. )
- On Saturday, May 9, Mr. Dempster and I had agreed to dine ... ( 11 min., 10 sec. )
- To make a penal law reasonable and just ... ( 10 min., 13 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir ... ( 10 min., 07 sec. )
- On the 9th April, being Good Friday, I breakfasted with him ... ( 11 min., 09 sec. )
- On Thursday, April 15, I dined with him and Dr Goldsmith ... ( 10 min., 59 sec. )
- On Monday, April 19, he called on me with Mrs Williams ... ( 11 min., 45 sec. )
- On Thursday, April 29, I dined with him ... ( 10 min., 43 sec. )
- Johnson praised John Bunyan highly. ( 11 min., 44 sec. )
- Having thus shown that the right of patronage ... ( 09 min., 42 sec. )
- He repeated an argument, which is to be found ... ( 10 min., 17 sec. )
- During this argument, Goldsmith sat in restless agitation ... ( 08 min., 41 sec. )
- To the Reverend Mr. Bagshaw, at Bromley. ( 09 min., 40 sec. )
- In a letter from Edinburgh, dated the 29th May ... ( 11 min., 41 sec. )
- His humane forgiving disposition was put ... ( 13 minutes, 52 sec. )
- Mr. Boswell to Dr. Johnson.
- Edinburgh, May 12, 1774. ( 09 min., 58 sec. )
- Mr. Boswell to Dr. Johnson. Edinburgh, Sept. 16, 1774. ( 09 min., 50 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir... ( 10 minutes, 28 sec. )
- To Dr. Lawrence.
- Footnote ... ( 07 min., 50 sec. )
- His Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ... ( 10 min., 41 sec. )
- My much valued friend Dr. Barnard, now Bishop of Killaloe ... ( 10 min., 13 sec. )
- Of this performance I avoided to talk with him ... ( 09 min., 30 sec. )
- On Friday, March 24, I met him at the Literary Club ... ( 12 min., 45 sec. )
- Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. ( 11 min., 37 sec. )
- Next day, Sunday, April 2, I dined with at Mr. Hoole's. ( 08 min., 26 sec. )
- On Thursday, April 6, I dined with him at Mr. Thomas Davies's ... ( 09 min., 38 sec. )
- Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a tavern ... ( 10 min., 33 sec. )
- On Friday, April 14, being Good-Friday ... ( 11 min., 37 sec. )
- On Sunday, April 16, being Easter-day ... ( 09 min., 56 sec. )
- The Beggar's Opera, and the common question ... ( 12 min., 01 sec. )
- A few days afterwards I consulted him upon a cause ... ( 10 min., 04 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir - I am now returned ... ( 09 min., 46 sec. )
- To James Boswell Esq. Dear Sir - I am glad that the young ... ( 09 min., 44 sec. )
- Oct. 14. Saturday. We went to the house of. ... ( 10 min., 28 sec. )
- Oct. 23. Monday. Last night I wrote to Levet ... ( 09 min., 57 sec. )
- Nov. 2. Thursday. We came this day to Chantilly ... ( 10 min., 46 sec. )
- In the course of this year Dr. Burney informs me ... ( 11 min., 54 sec. )
- My opposition was very displeasing to my father ... ( 10 min., 12 sec. )
- This letter, which had considerable influence upon my mind ... ( 09 min., 15 sec. )
- I wrote to Dr. Johnson on the 20th February ... ( 10 min., 58 sec. )
- He seemed very happy in the near prospect ... ( 09 min., 35 sec. )
- We got into a boat to cross over to Blackfriars ... ( 10 min., 51 sec. )
- Gwyn was a fine lively rattling fellow. ( 10 min., 12 sec. )
- He then carried me to visit Dr. Bentham ... ( 10 min., 44 sec. )
- In the afternoon we were driven rapidly along ... ( 10 min., 42 sec. )
- Dr. Johnson said to me in the morning ... ( 10 min., 43 sec. )
- We went and viewed the museum of Mr. Richard Green ... ( 10 min., 43 sec. )
- After dinner Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to Mrs Thrale ... ( 10 min., 43 sec. )
- Having left Ashbourne in the evening, we stopped ... ( 09 min., 56 sec. )
- On Sunday, March 31, I called on him ... ( 11 min., 38 sec. )
- I mentioned Mr. Maclaurin's uneasiness ... ( 09 min., 36 sec. )
- Volumes would be required to contain a list ... ( 09 min., 31 sec. )
- On Wednesday, April 10, I dined with him at Mr. Thrale's ... ( 11 min., 05 sec. )
- A journey to Italy was still in his thoughts. ( 08 min., 47 sec. )
- Johnson and I supt this evening at the Crown and Anchor ... ( 09 min., 54 sec. )
- A literary lady of large fortune was mentioned ... ( 09 min., 44 sec. )
- No man was a more attentive and nice observer ... ( 10 min., 17 sec. )
- If we enquire into the practice of the primitive church ... ( 09 min., 38 sec. )
- When I read this to Mr. Burke ... ( 10 min., 48 sec. )
- When we entered Mr. Dilly's drawing-room ... ( 11 min., 25 sec. )
- Mr. Arthur Lee mentioned some Scotch ... ( 09 min., 45 sec. )
- Sir William Forbes writes to me thus ... ( 13 min., 09 sec. )
- Mr. Boswell to Dr. Johnson. Edinburgh, August 30, 1776. ( 10 min., 47 sec. )
- In 1777, it appears from his Prayers and Meditations ... ( 11 min., 02 sec. )
- To James Boswell Esq. Dear Sir - It is so long since I heard ... ( 12 min., 11 sec. )
- To those who delight in tracing the progress ... ( 11 min., 04 sec. )
- A circumstance which could not fail to be very pleasing ... ( 09 min., 27 sec. )
- On the 23rd June, I again wrote to Dr. Johnson ... ( 06 min., 43 sec. )
- To the same. Dear Sir - This gentleman is a great ... ( 11 min., 50 sec. )
- Dr Johnson to Mrs. Boswell. Madam - Though I am well enough ... ( 12 min., 45 sec. )
- To James Boswell Esq. Dear Sir - I write to be left ... ( 10 min., 07 sec. )
- He this evening, as he had obligingly promised ... ( 09 min., 56 sec. )
- It has been confidently circulated ... ( 10 min., 21 sec. )
- In the evening, the Reverend Mr. Seward, of Lichfield ... ( 09 min., 41 sec. )
- Thursday, September 18. Last night Dr. Johnson ... ( 08 min., 34 sec. )
- When we arrived at Derby ... ( 12 min., 16 sec. )
- As we drove back to Ashbourne ... ( 09 min., 50 sec. )
- On Saturday, September 20, after breakfast ... ( 10 min., 17 sec. )
- I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed ... ( 10 min., 20 sec. )
- Mr. Burke's 'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol ... ( 11 min., 22 sec. )
- I complained of a wretched changefulness ... ( 11 min., 03 sec. )
- I talked to him of misery being 'the doom of man ... ( 08 min., 21 sec. )
- I record Dr. Johnson's argument fairly ... ( 09 min., 44 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir - You will wonder ... ( 10 min., 38 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir - To a letter so interesting ... ( 09 min., 58 sec. )
- We retired from Mrs. Williams to another room. ( 09 min., 50 sec. )
- In his review of Dr. Warton's 'Essay on the Writings ... ( 10 min., 12 sec. )
- Boswell. Well now, let us take the common phrase ... ( 10 min., 34 sec. )
- Thrale's carriage not having come for him ... ( 11 min., 26 sec. )
- I looked into Lord Kames's Sketches of the History of Man ... ( 11 min., 15 sec. )
- We talked of living in the country. ( 12 min., 41 sec. )
- On Friday, April 10, I found Johnson at home ... ( 11 min., 23 sec. )
- He talked of Mr. Charles Fox ... ( 12 min., 31 sec. )
- I could not help thinking that this was too high praise ... ( 10 min., 03 sec. )
- We talked of the styles of different painters ... ( 08 min., 08 sec. )
- At Mr. Dilly's today were Mrs. Knowles ... ( 08 min., 24 sec. )
- Dr. Mayo having asked Johnson's opinion ... ( 10 min., 20 sec. )
- Somebody mentioned the Reveerend Mr. Mason's prosecution ... ( 10 min., 24 sec. )
- I expressed some inclination to publish an account ... ( 11 min., 19 sec. )
- Mr. Edwards mentioned a gentleman who had left ... ( 10 min., 46 sec. )
- We went to St. Clement's church again in the afternoon ... ( 10 min., 17 sec. )
- Mrs. Cholmondeley, in a high flow of spirits ... ( 09 min., 25 sec. )
- On Tuesday, April 28, he was engaged to dine ... ( 10 min., 26 sec. )
- I mentioned a nobleman who I believed ... ( 09 min., 50 sec. )
- Dr. Robertson expatiated on the character ... ( 10 min., 06 sec. )
- Mr. Langton having repeated the anecdote of Addison ... ( 12 min., 12 sec. )
- I mentioned a reflection having been thrown out ... ( 11 min., 49 sec. )
- I stayed all this day with him at Streatham. ( 12 min., 19 sec. )
- I wrote to him on the 25th May, from Thorpe ... ( 08 min., 51 sec. )
- In the course of this year there was a difference ... ( 08 min., 44 sec. )
- About this time Mr. John Hussey ... ( 10 min., 29 sec. )
- During my stay in London, this spring ... ( 09 min., 38 sec. )
- On Thursday, April 8, I dined with him at Mr. Allan Ramsay's ... ( 11 min., 56 sec. )
- A celebrated wit being mentioned, he said ... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )
- I did not write to Johnson, as usual, upon my return ... ( 09 min., 44 sec. )
- On Sunday, October 10, we dined together at Mr. Strahan's. ( 09 min., 58 sec. )
- I mentioned to him a dispute between a friend of mine ... ( 09 min., 45 sec. )
- I left London on Monday, October 18 ... ( 11 min., 27 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir - Your last letter ... ( 10 min., 08 sec. )
- Mrs. Thrale being now at Bath with her husband ... ( 10 min., 58 sec. )
- On Wednesday I walked with Dr. Scot to look at Newgate ... ( 11 min., 03 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir - I find you have taken ... ( 10 min., 29 sec. )
- Mr. Thrale had now another contest for the representation ... ( 09 min., 51 sec. )
- Having asked Mr. Langton ... ( 09 min., 04 sec. )
- Dr. Goldsmith, upon occasion of Mrs. Lennox's ... ( 09 min., 44 sec. )
- It is evident enough that no one who writes now ... ( 11 min., 39 sec. )
- Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses ... ( 10 min., 28 sec. )
- On occasion of Dr. Johnson's publishing his pamphlet ... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )
- It is remarked by Johnson, in considering the works ... ( 10 min., 27 sec. )
- In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given ... ( 11 min., 34 sec. )
- In the Life of Addison we find an unpleasing account ... ( 09 minutes, 56 sec.
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- In the Life of Lyttelton, Johnson seems to have been ... ( 12 min., 23 sec. )
- I have not confined myself to the order of the Lives ... ( 11 min., 41 sec. )
- To the same. Sir - Being informed that by the departure ... ( 09 minutes, 44 sec.
- Johnson's profound reverence for the Hierarchy ... ( 11 min., 23 sec. )
- On Sunday, April 1, I dined with him at Mr. Thrale's ... ( 10 min., 55 sec. )
- On Saturday, April 7, I dined with him at Mr. Hoole's ... ( 08 min., 12 sec. )
- Dr. Scott left us, and soon afterwards we went to dinner. ( 08 min., 03 sec. )
- The general effect of this day dwells upon my mind ... ( 09 min., 56 sec. )
- He gave us an entertaining account of Bet Flinty ... ( 10 min., 25 sec. )
- Johnson could not brook appearing to be worsted in argument ... ( 09 min., 46 sec. )
- On Saturday, June 2, I set out for Scotland ... ( 10 min., 05 sec. )
- The opinion of a learned Bishop of our acquaintance ... ( 09 min., 55 sec. )
- It has been said that the Scottish nation ... ( 11 min., 32 sec. )
- The following curious anecdote I insert ... ( 10 min., 35 sec. )
- To Mrs. Strahan. Dear Madam - Mrs. Williams showed me ... ( 10 min., 37 sec. )
- To Mr. Hector, in Birmingham. Dear Sir- I hope I do not ... ( 12 min., 40 sec. )
- On the 30th of August, I informed him that my honoured father ... ( 10 min., 38 sec. )
- He met Mr. Philip Metcalfe often at Sir Joshua Reynold's ... ( 11 min., 07 sec. )
- It has been observed and wondered at, that Mr. Charles Fox ... ( 09 min., 48 sec. )
- There was in this discourse much novelty ... ( 08 min., 36 sec. )
- It is remarkable, that notwithstanding their congeniality ... ( 08 min., 51 sec. )
- Yet, though Johnson had this habit in company ... ( 10 min., 32 sec. )
- Johnson was at a certain period of his life ... ( 10 min., 26 sec. )
- On Thursday, April 10, I introduced to him ... ( 07 min., 35 sec. )
- On April 18 (being Good Friday), I found him ... ( 11 min., 27 sec. )
- Time passed on in conversation till it was too late ... ( 10 min., 15 sec. )
- To one of Johnson's wonderful fertility of mind ... ( 12 min., 18 sec. )
- On Saturday, May 17, I saw him for a short time. ( 10 min., 49 sec. )
- Two days after he wrote thus to Mrs. Thrale ... ( 10 min., 51 sec. )
- I shall here insert a few particulars concerning him ... ( 10 min., 50 sec. )
- I wrote to him begging to know the state of his health ... ( 10 min., 58 sec. )
- I consulted him on two questions ... ( 09 min., 58 sec. )
- Notwithstanding the complication of disorders ... ( 10 min., 10 sec. )
- To James Boswell, Esq. Dear Sir - I hear of many inquiries ... ( 11 min., 18 sec. )
- I wrote to him, March 28, from York ... ( 09 min., 06 sec. )
- To the Reverend Dr. Taylor, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. ( 12 min., 05 sec. )
- On Sunday, May 16, I found him alone ... ( 09 min., 59 sec. )
- On Thursday, June 3, the Oxford post-coach took us ... ( 10 min., 29 sec. )
- After dinner, when one of us talked of there being ... ( 09 min., 58 sec. )
- We were well entertained and very happy ... ( 08 min., 53 sec. )
- On Sunday, June 13, our philosopher was calm at breakfast. ( 08 min., 53 sec. )
- During our visit at Oxford, the following conversation passed ... ( 12 min., 55 sec. )
- Mr. Burke uniformly showed Johnson the greatest respect ... ( 10 min., 18 sec. )
- It has been supposed that Dr. Johnson ... ( 10 min., 41 sec. )
- On Sunday, June 27, I found him rather better. ( 10 min., 15 sec. )
- On Wednesday, June 30, the friendly confidential dinner ... ( 09 min., 52 sec. )
- I have had occasion several times, in the course of this work ... ( 10 min., 25 sec. )
- By a letter from Sir Joshua Reynolds ... ( 10 min., 55 sec. )
- July 31 - Not recollecting that Dr. Heberden might be ... ( 11 min., 04 sec. )
- October 6 - The fate of the balloon I do not much lament ... ( 10 min., 41 sec. )
- To Mr. Windham: August - The tenderness with which you have ... ( 10 min., 16 sec. )
- To Mr. John Nichols: Lichfield, Oct. 20 - When you were here ... ( 08 min., 38 sec. )
- To Mr. Henry White, a young clergyman ... ( 10 min., 58 sec. )
- Feeling very soon, that the manner in which he had written ... ( 10 min., 02 sec. )
- Poetry and works of Imagination. ( 11 min., 52 sec. )
- Mr. Colman, in his 'Prose on several Occasions' ... ( 11 min., 30 sec. )
- My readers are now at last to behold Samuel Johnson ... ( 10 min., 31 sec. )
- About eight or ten days before his death ... ( 10 min., 21 sec. )
- Upon these testamentary deeds it is proper to make ... ( 10 min., 10 sec. )
- When talking of a regular edition of his own works ... ( 10 min., 59 sec. )
- As he opened a note which his servant brought to him ... ( 08 min., 47 sec. )
- A few days before his death he had asked ... ( 08 min., 57 sec. )
- The character of Samuel Johnson has, I trust ... ( 09 minutes, 47 sec. )
- Participant:
- Timson, David, Reader -- Boswell, James, Author
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