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Title: The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
Author: Various
Editor: Henry Cabot Lodge
Francis W. Halsey
Release Date: July 30, 2007 [EBook #22182]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Illustration: LAMB, MACAULAY, SCOTT, and CARLYLE]
THE BEST
_of the_
WORLD'S CLASSICS
RESTRICTED TO PROSE
HENRY CABOT LODGE
_Editor-in-Chief_
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
_Associate Editor_
With an Introduction, Biographical
and Explanatory Notes, etc.
IN TEN VOLUMES
Vol. V
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
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The Best of the World's Classics
VOL. V
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III
1740--1881
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CONTENTS
VOL. V--GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III
JAMES BOSWELL--(Born in 1740, died in 1795.)
I Boswell's Introduction to Johnson.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")
II Johnson's Audience with George III.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")
III The Meeting of Johnson and John Wilkes.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")
IV Johnson's Wedding-Day.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH--(Born in 1770, died in 1850.)
A Poet Defined.
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