List of Illustrations, |
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Preface, |
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Acknowledgments, |
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Introduction: Keeping the Newspapers Warm, |
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List of Short Titles and Abbreviations, |
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1 Reports And Interviews, |
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1 | (71) |
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Riot in the Edinburgh Theater, London Chronicle, February 14-17, 1767, |
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4 | (3) |
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Two Sailors, London Chronicle, March 31April 2, 1767, |
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7 | (1) |
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Mad Officer Murders Bride, London Chronicle, April 7-9, 1767, |
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8 | (1) |
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Drunken Capuchin Monk, London Chronicle, May 9-12, 1767, |
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9 | (1) |
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Canal to Link Dumfries and Ayr, London Chronicle, May 14-16, 1767, |
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10 | (2) |
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Letter from Edinburgh, London Chronicle, May 16-19, 1767, |
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12 | (1) |
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Letter from Berwick, June 15, Edinburgh Advertiser, June 12-16, 1767, |
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13 | (1) |
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Letter from Berwick, June 18, Edinburgh Advertiser, June 16-19, 1767, |
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13 | (2) |
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Letter from Berwick, June 25, Edinburgh Advertiser, June 23-26, 1767, |
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15 | (1) |
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Letter from Berwick, July 6, Edinburgh Advertiser, July 3-7, 1767, |
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16 | (3) |
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An Account of the Stratford Jubilee, Public Advertiser, September 16, 1769, |
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19 | (11) |
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An Account of the Armed Corsican Chief at the Masquerade, London Magazine (September 1769), |
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30 | (1) |
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Verses in the Character of a Corsican at Shakespeare's Jubilee, Broadside, |
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31 | (2) |
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Verses on Seeing the Print of James Boswell, Esq; in the Corsican Dress, London Chronicle, October 5-7, 1769, |
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33 | (1) |
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An Authentick Account of General Paoli's Tour to Scotland, Autumn 1771, London Magazine (September 1771), |
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34 | (7) |
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Some Anecdotes of the Late Voyage of Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander in the Northern Seas, London Magazine (November 1772), |
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41 | (4) |
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Some Account of the Very Extraordinary Travels of the Celebrated Mr. Bruce, London Magazine (August, September 1774), |
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45 | (13) |
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An Account of the Chief of the Mohock Indians, Who Lately Visited England, London Magazine (July 1776), |
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58 | (4) |
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Mutiny At Edinburgh Of The Seaforth Highlanders |
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Mutiny in Scotland, Public Advertiser, September 29, 1778, |
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62 | (5) |
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Mutiny in Scotland, Fourth Day, Public Advertiser, October I, 1778, |
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67 | (2) |
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Burke Installed as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, Edinburgh Advertiser, April 13, 1784, |
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69 | (3) |
2 Execution Intelligence, |
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72 | (36) |
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The Executions of Gibson and Payne, Public Advertiser, April 26, 1768, |
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78 | (4) |
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Curious Mr. Boswell on Top of a Hearse at Tyburn, London Chronicle, October 21-24, 1769, |
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82 | (1) |
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Verses on Seeing Mr. Boswell on the Top of an Hearse at Tyburn, London Chronicle, October 24-26, 1769, |
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82 | (2) |
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John Reid Brought to Edinburgh, Caledonian Mercury, January 12, 1774, |
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84 | (1) |
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The Trial of John Reid, Edinburgh Advertiser, July 29August 2, 1774, |
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85 | (1) |
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The Mournful Case of Poor Misfortunate and Unhappy John Reid, Broadside (Edinburgh, September 10, 1774), |
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85 | (3) |
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A Pardon Urged for John Reid, Condemned to Be Hanged for Sheep-Stealing, London Chronicle, September 17-20, 1774, |
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88 | (2) |
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Death of John Reid, London Chronicle, September 24-27, 1774, |
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90 | (1) |
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Account of the Execution of John Reid, London Chronicle, September 27-29, 1774, |
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91 | (2) |
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Hackman's Trial for Murder, and His Speech to the Court, St. James's Chronicle, April 15-17, 1779, |
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93 | (3) |
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Reflections on Hackman's Trial, St. James's Chronicle, April 15-17, 1779, |
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96 | (4) |
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Hackman at His Trial: Boswell's Account to Mr. Booth, Public Advertiser, April 19, 1779, |
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100 | (1) |
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Boswell Did Not Attend Hackman to Tyburn, Public Advertiser, April 21,1779, |
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101 | (1) |
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Execution Intelligence 1, Public Advertiser, July 7, 1785, |
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102 | (3) |
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Execution Intelligence 2, Public Advertiser, August 18,1785, |
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105 | (3) |
3 The Rampager, |
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108 | (114) |
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No. 1: Recent Discord in the "Political Orchestra," Public Advertiser, April 14, 1770, |
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114 | (14) |
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No. 2: The "Political Musicians," Continued, Public Advertiser, May 12, 1770, |
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128 | (3) |
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No. 3: Doctrine of Fatality Avowed by Dissenting Lords in Wilkes Vote, Public Advertiser, June 16, 1770, |
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131 | (5) |
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No. 4: The "Smelling Medicine," Politically Applied, Public Advertiser, July 6, 1770, |
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136 | (8) |
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No. 5: The "Touching Medicine": An Old Political Cure, Public Advertiser, May 20, 1771, |
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144 | (9) |
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No. 6: A Political Parody on Cato, Act V, Sc. r, Public Advertiser, October 26, 1771, |
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153 | (3) |
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No. 7: "Rampageneana," and Other Fruit, Public Advertiser, November 25, 1771, |
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156 | (5) |
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No. 8: The Public Advertiser as a Noah's Ark, Public Advertiser, May 15, 1773, |
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161 | (3) |
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No. 9: On the Feathers Tavern Petitioners, Public Advertiser, February 23, 1774, |
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164 | (5) |
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No. 10: Reply, Serious and Otherwise, to "A Feather's Man," Public Advertiser, August 16, 1774, |
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169 | (9) |
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No. 11: On the American Tea War: Rhubarb Recommended, Public Advertiser, March II, 1775, |
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178 | (5) |
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No. 12: End the American War by Arming the Jews, Public Advertiser, August 14, 1775, |
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183 | (3) |
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No. 13: Metaphorical Groupe of Birds, Public Advertiser, March 9, 1776, |
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186 | (4) |
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No. 14: John the Painter and John the Peer, Public Advertiser, August 21, 1777, |
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190 | (3) |
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No. 15: American Allusions from a Bookseller's Catalog, Public Advertiser, August 27, 1777, |
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193 | (6) |
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No. 16: On the Manchester Regiment, Public Advertiser, March 21, 1778, |
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199 | (5) |
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No. 17: The Lads at Water Still, Public Advertiser, April 18,1778, |
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204 | (3) |
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No. 18: On the Parliamentary Inquiry into the War, Public Advertiser, August 14, 1779, |
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207 | (4) |
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No. 19: On the Duel between Lord Shelburne and Col. Fullarton, Public Advertiser, August 23, 1780, |
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211 | (5) |
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No. 20: On the Change of Ministry, Public Advertiser, April 23, 1782, |
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216 | (6) |
4 The Lives Of Johnson, |
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222 | (67) |
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Boswell Honored to Be Recommended as Johnson's Biographer, St. James's Chronicle, January 25, 1785, |
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227 | (2) |
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Boswell Disclaims Authorship of Certain Newspaper Paragraphs, Public Advertiser, March 17, 1785, |
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229 | (1) |
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Advertisement for the Tour, London Chronicle, September 10-13, 1785, |
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229 | (1) |
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Advertisement for the Life of Johnson, A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 2nd edition (December 1785), |
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230 | (1) |
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Boswell Denies Suppressing Passage in Second Edition of the Tour, St. James's Chronicle, March 9-11,1786, |
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231 | (2) |
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Boswell's Reply to the Postscript of Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes, Public Advertiser, April 18,1786, |
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233 | (2) |
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Piozzian Rhimes, London Chronicle, April 18-2o,1786, |
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235 | (3) |
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Boswell's Retort to Mrs. Piozzi Has Upset the Bluestockings, Public Advertiser, April 21, 1786, |
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238 | (1) |
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Mrs. Piozzi, with Her Husband, Will Soon Return to England, General Evening Post, May 2-4, 1786, |
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238 | (1) |
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Johnson's Biographers, Public Advertiser, February 9, 1787, |
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239 | (1) |
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Life of Johnson Delayed, Now in Forwardness, London Chronicle, May 19-22, 1787, |
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240 | (1) |
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Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale, upon Their Supposed Approaching Nuptials, Quarto pamphlet (London, May 9, 1788), |
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241 | (7) |
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Did Johnson Court Mrs. Thrale? Do His Biographers Know?, Public Advertiser, May 12, 1788, |
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248 | (1) |
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A Thralian Epigram, Public Advertiser, May 13, 1788, |
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249 | (1) |
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Life of Johnson in the Press, Morning Post (late 1789), |
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249 | (1) |
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Mr. Boswell at the Abbey, Public Advertiser, February 8, 1790, |
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250 | (1) |
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Mrs. Piozzi's Terror of Boswell's Life of Johnson, Morning Post, February 22, 1790, |
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250 | (1) |
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Johnson's Monument, Public Advertiser, February 22, 1790, |
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251 | (1) |
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Mrs. Piozzi's Subscription to Johnson's Monument Defended, Morning Post, February 23, 1790, |
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251 | (2) |
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The Brewhouse Entertainment, Morning Post (c. March I, 1790), |
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253 | (4) |
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Mrs. Piozzi's Nerves Shaken by Prospect of Boswell's Book, Star, March 3, 1790, |
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257 | (1) |
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Boswell to Spare Mrs. Piozzi, The Diary; or, Woodfall's Register, September 21, 1790, |
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257 | (1) |
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Boswell Will Not Spare Mrs. Piozzi, Morning Post (1790), |
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257 | (1) |
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Boswell to Send News of Johnson's Life to the Press, St. James's Chronicle, October 16-19, 1790, |
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257 | (1) |
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Advertisement for the Life of Johnson, London Chronicle, March 17-19, 1791, |
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258 | (1) |
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Dr. Johnson's Monument, Public Advertiser, April 16, 1791, |
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259 | (1) |
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Johnson's Monument Like Mahomet's Coffin, Public Advertiser, April 16, 1791, |
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260 | (1) |
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Advertisement for Valuable Extracts from the Life of Johnson: The Conversation and Letter, Public Advertiser, April 30, 1791, |
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260 | (1) |
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Johnson and Burke, Public Advertiser, May 14, 1791, |
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261 | (1) |
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Warren Hastings, Public Advertiser, May 16,1791, |
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262 | (1) |
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The Life of Johnson a Union of Matter and Spirit, Public Advertiser, May 16,1791, |
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263 | (1) |
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The Engraved Portrait of Dr. Johnson, Public Advertiser, May 17, 1791, |
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263 | (2) |
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Literary Property, Public Advertiser, May 17, 1791, |
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265 | (1) |
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Boswell Has Rescued Johnson from Hawkins and Thrale, St. James's Chronicle, May 14-17, 1791, |
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266 | (1) |
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Insolvent Debtors, Public Advertiser, May 19, 1791, |
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266 | (1) |
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Living Twice, through Boswell's Pages, Public Advertiser, May 20, 1791, |
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267 | (1) |
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Portable Soup, Public Advertiser, May 21, 1791, |
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267 | (1) |
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Apology of London Packet for Infringing Boswell's Copyright, St. James's Chronicle, May 19-21, 1791, |
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268 | (1) |
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Dilly and Dodsley, Public Advertiser, May 26, 1791, |
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269 | (1) |
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Boswell Dining (Out) on Johnson, Public Advertiser, May 27, 1791, |
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270 | (1) |
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Sales of the Life, St. James's Chronicle, May 26-28, 1791, |
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271 | (1) |
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"Friendly Patronage," and Two Other Paragraphs, Public Advertiser, June 18,1791, |
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271 | (1) |
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Mrs. Piozzi to Reply to Charge of Carelessness, Public Advertiser, June 27, 1791, |
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272 | (1) |
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Shakespeare's Mulberry Tree: Johnson's Animadversions on Rev. and Mrs. Gastrell Defended, Gentleman's Magazine (January 1792), |
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273 | (1) |
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Boswell Recovers from Street Assault, St. James's Chronicle, July 4-6, 1793, |
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274 | (2) |
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Paper-War With Miss Anna Seward |
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Letter to Gentleman's Magazine (November 1793), |
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276 | (5) |
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Letter to Gentleman's Magazine ( January 1794), |
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281 | (8) |
5 Essays And Letters, |
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289 | (88) |
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A Contemplative Walk, at Moffat, on a Summer Night, Scots Magazine (December 1758), |
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292 | (3) |
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An Original Letter, from a Gentleman of Scotland to the Earl of* * * in London, Scots Magazine (September 1761), |
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295 | (6) |
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The Miseries of a Timorous Man, Public Advertiser, May 23 and June I, 1763, |
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301 | (6) |
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The Defects of Polite Conversation, Public Advertiser, August 4, 1763, |
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307 | (2) |
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A Recipe Requested for Removing "Rust" from Books, London Chronicle, April 30-May 2, 1767, |
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309 | (1) |
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An Essay on Travelling, Public Advertiser, November 20, 1767, |
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310 | (4) |
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The "New Town" of Edinburgh, London Chronicle, September I,1772, |
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314 | (3) |
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Masquerade Intelligence Extraordinary, Caledonian Mercury, January 18 and 20, 1773, |
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317 | (2) |
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Authentic Scottish Masquerade Intelligence, Public Advertiser, January 23, 1773, |
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319 | (4) |
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An Essay on Masquerade, London Magazine (February 1774), |
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323 | (6) |
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Scottish Customs Not Understood in England, London Chronicle, January 31February 2, 1775, |
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329 | (3) |
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"Parliament Square": A Foolish Affectation, Scots Magazine (January 1776), |
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332 | (4) |
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A Cure Requested for Occasional Impotence of Mind, London Magazine (November 1775), |
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336 | (2) |
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Consolation Under Impotence of Mind, if not a Cure for It, London Magazine (November 1776), |
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338 | (2) |
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On Allegorical Figures in the Caledonian Mercury, Caledonian Mercury, October 5, 1776, |
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340 | (2) |
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Publish the War Casualty Lists, Public Advertiser, November 18,1776, |
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342 | (2) |
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A Defense of the State Trumpeters, Caledonian Mercury, November 23, 1776, |
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344 | (3) |
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Shortage of Provisions at the Mayoral Ball, Public Advertiser, April 8, 1779, |
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347 | (4) |
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New Year's Address, Caledonian Mercury, January 1, 1780, |
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351 | (5) |
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Defense of the Edinburgh Town Guard, Caledonian Mercury, February 26, 1781, |
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356 | (4) |
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A Request for a Recipe against Bookworm, London Chronicle, October 18-20, 1781, |
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360 | (2) |
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A Sentimental Essay on Death, Gentleman's Magazine (February 1786), |
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362 | (4) |
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High Food Prices and High-Living Aldermen, Public Advertiser, August 16, 1786, |
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366 | (2) |
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Unholy Trinity in Titles of Newspapers, Public Advertiser, February 9, 1787, |
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368 | (1) |
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Criticism of John Howard, Prison Reformer, |
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369 | (5) |
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Letter to Public Advertiser, March 12, 1788, |
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369 | (2) |
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Letter to Public Advertiser, May 12, 1788, |
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371 | (3) |
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To the Man of Fashion, Gentleman's Magazine (July 1791), |
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374 | (1) |
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Presentations at Court, The World, May 16,1793, |
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375 | (2) |
Attributions and Textual Notes, |
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377 | (20) |
Chronology of Articles, |
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397 | (8) |
Bibliography, |
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405 | (14) |
Index, |
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