 This work may be considered a kind of supplement to Boswell's Life of Johnson. It is a beautiful picture of society as it existed in manners, taste, and literature, in the early period of the reign of George the Third, drawn by a pencil as vivid and brilliant...  Algeria and Tunis in 1845 - Page 6by John Clark Kennedy - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Annie Forbes Bush - 1843 - 424 pages
...vivid and brilliant as that of any of the celebrated persons who composed the circle." — Messenger. " Miss Burney's Diary, sparkling with wit, teeming with...presents an unrivalled combination of attraction. That extract dinary man Johnson is painted far better than he is by boswell." — Court Journal. " We know... | |
 | John Mills - 1843 - 294 pages
...who composed the circle."—Messenger. " A publication of much interest and value."—Chronicle. " Miss Burney's Diary, sparkling with wit, teeming with...things, will be perused with interest by all classes of readers."—Post. " This work presents an unrivalled combination of attraction. That extraordinary... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 594 pages
...Metsenger. " A publication of much interest and value." — Chronicle. " Miss Burney's Diary, spatkling with wit, teeming with lively anecdote, and delectable...perused with interest by all classes of readers." — Port. " This work presents an unrivalled combination of attraction. That extraordinary man, Johnson,... | |
 | baroness E. C. de Calabrella - 1846 - 588 pages
...language." — Naval and Military Gazelle. " This work may be considered a kind of supplement to BoswelFs Life of Johnson. It is a beautiful picture of society...perused with interest by all classes of readers." — Pott. " A valuable addition to the literature of our country." — Age. " We know not when we have... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1846 - 420 pages
...of Johnson. It is a beautiful picture of society as it existed in manners, taste, and literature, ID the early period of the reign of George the Third,...teeming with lively anecdote, and delectable gossip, aud full of sound and discreet views of persons and things, will be perused witb interest by all classes... | |
 | Charles Frederick Henningsen - 1846 - 400 pages
...the circle." — Messenger. "A publication of much interest and value." — Chronicle. " Miss Bumey's Diary, sparkling with wit, teeming with lively anecdote,...combination of attraction. That extraordinary man Johnson, in painted far better than be is by Boswell." — Court Journal. " A valuable addition to the literature... | |
 | William Dallas Bernard - 1846 - 476 pages
...early period of the reign of Georg* the Third, drawn by a pencil as vivid and brilliant as that of aur of the celebrated persons who composed the circle."...and full of sound and discreet views of persons and thiugs, will be peruned with interest by all classes of readers." — Post. "This work presents an... | |
 | E C baroness de Calabrella - 1846 - 548 pages
...circle." — Meucnger. " A publication of much interest and value." — Chronicle. " Miss Bnrney's Diary, sparkling with wit, teeming with lively anecdote,...perused with interest by all classes of readers." — Pott. " A valuable addition to the literature of our country." — Age. " We know not when we have... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1846 - 268 pages
...circle."—Messenger. " A publication of much interest and value."—Chronicle. " Miss Burney's Diary, spaikling with wit, teeming with lively anecdote, and delectable...things, will be perused with interest by all classes of readers."—Post. " This work presents an unrivalled combination of attraction. That extraordinary... | |
 | Charles Frederick Henningsen - 1846 - 398 pages
...who composed the circle."—Messenger. " A publication of much interest and value."—Chronicle. " Miss Burney's Diary, sparkling with wit, teeming with...gossip, and full of sound and discreet views of persons xnd things, will he perused with interest by all classes of readers."—Post. "This work presents an... | |
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