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Bible Encyclopedias

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Search Results: "boswell

Title Matches: 2
Boswell, James
The biographer of Johnson, born at Edinburgh, showed early a penchant for writing and an admiration for literary men; fell in with Johnson on a visit
Boswell, Sir Alexander
son and heir of the preceding, an antiquary; mortally wounded in a duel with james stuart of dunearn, who had impugned his character, for which the latter was tried, but acquitted (1775-1822).
Approximate Matches: 4
Auchinleck
a village 15 m. e. of ayr, with the mansion of the boswell family.
Bozzy
johnson's familiar name for boswell.
Croker, John Wilson
A politician and man of letters, born in Galway, though of English descent; bred for the bar; wrote in advocacy of Catholic emancipation; represented
Johnson, Samuel
The great English lexicographer, born in Lichfield, the son of a bookseller; received his early education in his native town and completed it at Pembroke
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