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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

...of growing enlightenment and happy compan- ionship, and an innocent refuge from the cares and perturbations of life. Princeton, June 28, 1917. INTRODU... ...ect and setting are so closely allied that each borrows charm and emphasis from the other. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor w... ...ther. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor would fade from the church of St. Clement Danes, from the Mitre, from Fleet Street, th... ..., such as ‘love’ and ‘hate,’ and vast is the number, range, and variety of people who at one time or another had been in some degree personally relate... ...godchild Jane Langton. ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I love the acquain- tance of young people, . . . young men have more virtue than old men; they have more gen- ... ... into a spacious and genial world. The reader there meets a vast number of people, men, women, children, nay even ani- mals, from George the Third dow... ... Life of Johnson He deposited the remains of Mrs. Johnson in the church of Bromley, in Kent, to which he was probably led by the residence of his frie... ... the power of thinking and style, in the collection which the Reverend Mr. Hayes has published, with the significant title of ‘Ser- mons left for publ... ... for her all the tenderness of affection. ‘TO THE REVEREND MR. BAGSHAW, AT BROMLEY. ‘SIR,—Perhaps you may remember, that in the year 1753, you committ...

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The Voyage of the Beagle

By: Charles Darwin

... Roy, of having some scien- tific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my... ...o him; and to add that, during the five years we were together, I received from him the most cordial friendship and steady as- sistance. Both to Capta... ...ollected, and I trust that many others will here- after follow. The plants from the southern parts of America will be given by Dr. J. Hooker, in his g... ...rendered me every assis- tance which the kindest friend could offer. DOWN, BROMLEY, KENT, June 9, 1845 THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE CHAPTER I ST. JAGO — C... ...ar water. It happened to be a grand feast-day, and the village was full of people. On our return we overtook a party of about twenty young black girls... ...st falls in such quantities as to dirty every- thing on board, and to hurt people’s eyes; vessels even have run on shore owing to the obscurity of the... ...his day I found a specimen of a curious fungus, called Hymenophallus. Most people know the English Phallus, which in autumn taints the air with its od... ...he Atlantic Ocean. This subject has lately been treated excellently by Mr. Hayes, in the Boston Journal (vol. iv. p. 426). The author does not appear ...

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