An Epistle in Verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire of Auchinleck -- Addressed to the Rev. Dr. T. D. By the Rev. Samuel Martin |
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Alas! alas! from Boswell's life 'tis plain,
Johnson was proud, irascible, and vain:
On such a man of prejudice and whim,
How could a Boswell fasten his esteem?
Does it our pity or our mirth provoke,
Boswell is but the titling of the gowk.
Johnson was proud, irascible, and vain:
On such a man of prejudice and whim,
How could a Boswell fasten his esteem?
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Boswell is but the titling of the gowk.
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