61. English Heritage - Vis_blueplaques_list_b 1911 Boswell, James See JOHNSON, Samuel Boswell, James (17401795),Biographer, lived and died in a house on this site. 122 Great http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?wci=WebItem&WCE=170

62. Chris Whiley 's Home Page Bibliography and links for this Scottish-born author, in particular of "The Life of Samuel Johnson Literature Authors B Boswell, James......James Boswell (1740 1795). Hi - I'm Chris Whiley. My main interestshave always included 18th century English literature and, in http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9807/

James Boswell (1740 - 1795) Hi - I'm Chris Whiley. My main interests have always included 18th century English literature and, in particular, Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. I'm a member of the Johnson Society(Lichfield) . Check out as well the Johnson Society of London. I've decided to start off by offering a range of links, plus commentary, to sites related to James Boswell, as, on the Net at least, he's the neglected one in the duo. I'll also be putting up a shortish, but fairly comprehensive biography and bibliography . If you find this useful, let me know what else you'd like to see. Just click the picture after you've read the brief summary if you want to visit the site. Links to some bibliographies and citations pulled together as part of the Malaspina Great Books project. But beware, they don't all work and other James Boswells are included Back to top The James Boswell Institute, part of Utrecht University, where JB studied law in the Winter of 1763/64. The background is a nice picture of him (which I am using as my background as well, so a big thank you to them), but so far as I can tell none of the courses are remotely connected with him or his times Back to top An extract from Boswell's journal dealing with his visit to Ferney to meet Voltaire (Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764, entry for Monday 24 December). Links to some nice contemporary prints of Voltaire

63. James Boswell - Biography James Boswell (1740 1795). Bibliography. This bibliography is intwo parts; first, books by James Boswell, starting with the most http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9807/bosbiblio.htm

James Boswell (1740 - 1795) Bibliography This bibliography is in two parts; first, books by James Boswell, starting with the most well-known and/or easy to obtain, and second, a by no means comprehensive list of books about Boswell and aspects of his live and times. Books by James Boswell The Life of Johnson This was, and is, Boswell's masterpiece and undoubtedly one of the greatest biographies, if not books, ever written. The first edition was published on May 16, 1791 in two volumes quarto. A supplementary volume was added in 1794, to be followed almost immediately by a second edition in three volumes octavo,which did not properly incorporate the additional material. The third edition, with all the new materials finally included in their proper places, was completed by Edmond Malone after Boswell's death and published in four volumes octavo in 1799, but it is the fourth edition, published in 1804 under Malone's personal supervision, which is generally accepted as the first accurate and comprehensive version. Malone (1741 - 1812) was a friend of both Johnson and Boswell and a member of The Club. He was the first great Shakespearean editor and also helped Boswell considerably with the preparation of both The Tour of the Hebrides and the Life The next edition of note was the famous, or infamous, one produced by Croker in 1831 and excoriated by Macaulay in one of his much re-printed essays. Then came the attractive Napier edition of 1884, which added to the four volumes of the

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65. The Journals Of James Boswell, 1762-1795 (in MARION) The journals of James Boswell, 17621795. Title The journals of JamesBoswell, 1762-1795 / selected and introduced by John Wain. http://www.ccpl.org/MARION/ABE-4903

The journals of James Boswell, 1762-1795 Title: The journals of James Boswell, 1762-1795 / selected and introduced by John Wain. Author: Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Wain, John, comp. Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991. Subject: Boswell, James, 1740-1795 Diaries. Authors, Scottish 18th century Diaries. Material: xxxiii, 412 p. ; 25 cm. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-388) and index. Writer, rake, wit, traveler, and man-about-town, Boswell went everywhere, knew everyone, and never missed an opportunity to enjoy himself. His journals are compulsively self-revealing. ISBN: System ID no: ABE-4903 Holdings: MAIN CALL NUMBER: [B] Boswell Biography Available If you have a valid library card, you may place a hold on this title for pickup at the library. Please send comments, suggestions, or bug reports to webmaster

66. 7880. Boswell, James. The Columbia World Of Quotations. 1996 1996. NUMBER 7880. QUOTATION We must take our friends as they are.ATTRIBUTION James Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish author. Boswell http://www.bartleby.com/66/80/7880.html

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67. 7877. Boswell, James. The Columbia World Of Quotations. 1996 Was really affectionate to her. ATTRIBUTION James Boswell (1740–1795),Scottish author. Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy, Corsica http://www.bartleby.com/66/77/7877.html

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69. James Boswell James Boswell was born in Edinburgh the son of Alexander Boswell, LordAuchinleck, who was a judge in the supreme courts of Scotland. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/boswell.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback James Boswell (1740-1795) Scottish lawyer, essayist, known for his two-volume biography THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D (1791), published seven years after the death of its subject. Boswell met Samuel Johnson in May 1763 in Davies's London bookshop and the two became fast friends. He recorded in detail Johnson's words and activities in a relatively short period. Later the historian Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859) called Boswell's worship of Dr. Johnson " Lues Boswelliana , or disease of admiration." "We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over." (from Life of Johnson James Boswell was born in Edinburgh the son of Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, who was a judge in the supreme courts of Scotland. Boswell's mother, Euphemia Erskine, was descended from a minor branch of Scottish royalty. His family had had for two-and-a-half centuries as its seat the estate of Auchinleck in Ayrshire. Near the new mansion were the ruins of the Old Castle, which he eagerly showed to Johnson and other friends. Much of his life Boswell was plagued by his mother's suffocating Calvinism and his father's coldness. In one of his journals Boswell wrote: "I do not recollect having had any other valuable principle impressed upon me by my father except a strict regard for truth, which he impressed upon my mind by a hearty beating at an early age when I lied, and then talking of the

70. Great Books Index - James Boswell GREAT BOOKS INDEX. James Boswell (17401795). An Indexto Online Great Books in English Translation. http://books.mirror.org/gb.boswell.html

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71. Boswell's Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (in VSCCA Material xviii, 435 p. 1 illus., fold. map, facsims. 24 cm. Note HalftitlePrivate papers of James Boswell from Malahide castle. Isham collection. http://scolar.vsc.edu:8003/VSCCAT/AAD-0409

Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Title: Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., now first published from the original manuscript; prepared for the press, with preface and notes, by Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett. Author: Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Pottle, Frederick Albert, 1897- Bennett, Charles Hodges, 1906- Isham, Ralph Heyward, 1890-1955. Published: New York, The Literary guild, inc. [l936] Subject: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Hebrides Description and travel. Scotland Description and travel Early works to 1800. Material: xviii, 435 p. 1 illus., fold. map, facsims. 24 cm. Note: Half-title: Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide castle. Isham collection. LC Card no: Other ID no: System ID no: AAD-0409 Holdings: Castleton State College CALL NUMBER: 914.117 B657b Book Available CALL NUMBER: 914.117 B657b c2 Book Available Click on one the above headings to search automatically for that entry in the catalog Use your web "Back" key/command for previous screen Back up to VSC Library Catalog Search Options

72. James Boswell Quotes - The Quotations Page Quotations by Author. James Boswell (1740 1795) Scottish author biographermore author details. Showing quotations 1 to 2 of 2 total, http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/James_Boswell/

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74. James Boswell "On War" James Boswell (1740 1795). ON WAR by James Boswell. a battlenow is truly nothing else than a huge conflict of opposite engines http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/voltaire/james-boswell.html

James Boswell "ON WAR" by James Boswell "... a battle now is truly nothing else than a huge conflict of opposite engines worked by men, who are themselves as machines directed by a few; and the event is not so frequently decided by what is intentionally done, as by accidents happening in a dreadful confusion. It is as if two towns in opposite territories should be set on fire at the same time, and victory should be declared to the inhabitants of that in which the flames were least destructive." (essay originally written in 1777) W hile viewing, as travelers usually do, the remarkable objects of curiosity at Venice, I was conducted through the different departments of the Arsenal; and as I contemplated the great storehouse of mortal engines, in which there is not only a large deposit of arms, but men are continually employed in making more, my thoughts rebounded , if I may use the expression, from what I beheld; and the effect was, that I was first as it were stunned into a state of amazement, and when I recovered from that, my mind expanded itself in reflections upon the horrid irrationality of war. What those reflections were I do not precisely recollect. But the general impression dwells upon my memory; and however strange it may seem, my opinion of the irrationality of war is still associated with the Arsenal of Venice.

75. BOSWELL COLLECTION 16751749 ALEXANDER Boswell, LORD AUCHINLECK, 1707-1782 James Boswell, 1740-1795SIR ALEXANDER Boswell, 1775-1822 ALEXANDER BRUCE, 2ND EARL OF KINCARDINE, ca. http://webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/beinecke.boswell.nav.html

BOSWELL COLLECTION GEN MSS 89 Click text below to navigate Finding Aid PROVENANCE CITE AS RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS LOCATION OF ASSOCIATED MATERIAL ... DESCRIPTION OF THE PAPERS Collection Series Series I. Letters Series II. Correspondence Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck Boswell, Sir Alexander ... APPENDIX II GLOSSARY OF SCOTS AND LEGAL TERMINOLOGY

76. SWAN /All Libraries Nearby AUTHORS are Year Entries Boswell Holly 1994 1 Boswell Holly 1950 1997 1Boswell Jack 1982 1 Boswell James 1958 1 Boswell James 1740 1795 51 Boswell http://swan.sls.lib.il.us:90/kids/0,11,845,847/search/aBoswell, Jeanetta, 1922-/

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78. Overview Of James Boswell James Boswell 1740 1795. James Boswell ©1995-2002 Gazetteer forScotland. Biographer and traveller. Born in Edinburgh, the son http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst12.html

Gazetteer for Scotland Help ... Add Comment James Boswell James Boswell Biographer and traveller. Born in Edinburgh, the son of the prominent advocate Lord Auchinleck, Boswell was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Utrecht. Although a lawyer by profession, Boswell travelled widely in Europe and is noted for his accounts of these journeys written in his distinctive style. Perhaps his best known work described his travels with Dr. Samuel Johnson to the Scottish Highlands and Islands. On the death of his father in 1782, Boswell inherited the family estates at Auchinleck, East Ayrshire and he moved there to become a capable and well-liked Laird. He spent much of his time there writing the biography of his friend and mentor Johnson, which was published in 1791. Supported by: The Robertson Trust, The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, The Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh.

79. TCU-in-Scotland: The Search For Genius Craik, R. (1996). James Boswell (1740–1795) The Scottish Perspective. SevenHills Book Distributors. Daiches, D. (1976). James Boswell and His World. http://www.drl.tcu.edu/Scotland/NorthernLights/boswell.html

James Boswell Chronology Year Event Commentary James is born in Edinburgh on October 29; his father is Alexander Boswell, who has been a member of the Edinburgh Faculty of Advocates since 1729; his mother is Euphemia Erskine, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Erskine, Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. At the age of 5, James is begins his education at James Mundell's private academy in the West Bow, Edinburgh; for some reason, James takes poorly to Mundell's academy, developing a severe psychosomatic illness. High Street, Edinburgh by David Allan James's father, Alexander, becomes laird of Auchinleck in Ayrshire, and the family moves there; the family hires as tutor John Dun, who was a capable teacher, whose curriculum included a wide range of literature, and who helped the young James master Latin. John Dun is appointed minister of Auchinleck (through the patronage of Alexander Boswell), and is replace as the boys' tutor by one Joseph Fergusson, who appears to have been something of a failure as a minister; the young James Boswell finds him "completely uncongenial". William Robertson According to Alexander "Jupiter" Carlyle, "I went to the Logic class taught by Mr. John Stevenson, who, though he had not pretensions to superiority in point of learning and genius, yet was the most popular of all the Professor on account of his civility and even kindness to his students, and at the same time the most useful; for being a man of sense and industry, he had made judicious selection from the French and English critics, which he at the morning hour of eight, when read with us Aristotle's

80. East Ayrshire Council: Famous People : Literature James Boswell (1740 1795) Born in Edinburgh, James Boswell hada career in law mapped out by his father. After education at a http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/tourism/famous_literature.asp

Tuesday 1st April 2003 ACCESSIBILITY Tourism Sites by Area Sites by Theme Famous People Places of Interest ... Image Gallery Email this page Tourism FAMOUS PEOPLE Literature ROBERT BURNS (1759 - 1796) JAMES BOSWELL (1740 - 1795) Born in Edinburgh, James Boswell had a career in law mapped out by his father. After education at a private school, Edinburgh University and Glasgow University, he practised law in the capital city. Boswell longed to live in London and moved there in 1760. It was in London in 1762 that Boswell first met Dr. Samuel Johnson. Boswell was fascinated by the mind of Johnson. He persuaded Johnston to make a tour of Scotland with him and the two men visited Auchinleck in 1773 on their return from the Hebridean Tour. On the death of his father in 1782, James Boswell inherited the family estates at Auchinleck. He moved to Auchinleck where he became a capable and well-liked Laird. For many years Boswell worked on his famous works "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 1785", and "Life of Johnson 1791". Both works received critical acclaim and throughout the 19 th century Boswell's name was famous for producing these works. James Boswell died in London in 1795 a few years after the publication and success of "Life of Johnson".

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