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A History of the County of Stafford
… before the 19th century, a fact which, when noted by James Boswell in 1776, provoked Dr. Johnson to say of his native … below, Freeford (introduction); Streethay (introduction). Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, rev. L. F. Powell, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Coll. Order Bk. ii. 77 b. The visit is not recorded by Boswell but an account of it by Dr. John Sharp is given in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… boys from his diocese of York (1673), two of 12 by Lady Boswell for boys from Sevenoaks school (1675), one of 10 by …
Old and New London
… him." On the 3rd of October, 1769, as we learn from Boswell's "Life of Johnson," another assault of a very …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 14 June Cooke, G. 1722 10 Jan. Metcalf, P. 1725 28 Oct. Boswell, S. [sen.] 1727 1 July Green, F. 1733 25 Aug. Martin, J. 1737 1 Oct. Boswell, S., [jun.] 1742 1 Jan. Green, T. 1748 1 Apr. Elms, …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1674 3 Apr. Jack, P. 1679 22 Dec. Seagar, A. 1682 25 July Boswell, J. 1682 6 Dec. Fatheree, W. 1686 1 Feb. Boswell, J. 1686 1 Feb. Seagar, A. 1689 10 July Lovett, J. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to set it aside. Lady Margaret, relict of Sir William Boswell, in 1692. by will, bequeathed a farm, called … per annum each; the scholars to be called Sir William Boswell's scholars, and to be chosen out of Sevenoke school, …
Old and New London
… on Hackney. In treating of this parish we have no Pepys or Boswell to guide or interest us, and to gossip with us over …
Survey of London
… company than show them to advantage.' 64 The visit which Boswell and Dr. Johnson made to the Pantheon on 31 March … their fifth 'Meeting' or assembly, was later described by Boswell: The first view of it did not strike us so much as … of inferiority to other people in not having seen it.' BOSWELL. 'I doubt, Sir, whether there are many happy people …
Survey of London
… London Prices of Bricklayers Materials and Works, 1748. Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, 1887, vol. IV, p. …