Boswell

How To Use Boswell In A Sentence

• _Journey_, and which once led him to question whether there was a tree between Edinburgh and the English border older than himself; and to reply to Boswell's suggestion that he ought to be whipped at every tree over 100 years old in that space, "I believe I might submit to it for a baubee! Dr. Johnson and His Circle
• Belle does some kind of abstruse Boswellising; after the first meal, having gauged the kind of jests that would pay here, I observed, ‘Boswell is Barred during this cruise.’ Vailima Letters
• But Johnson and Boswell were not the only literary figures to be attracted to these western islands.
• Grant Gibson from Newton St Boswells took the honours after landing an incredible 17 fish from the Melrose stretch.
• Veteran Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell is facing a threat from Republican Brad Zaun. Statewide Races Could Tip House Contests
• Boswell's Life retains its extraordinary immediacy; it has recorded his soundbites for posterity and shaped history's opinion of the learned, apophthegmatic Doctor.
• Under the pressure that comes with a major final Boswell's chest-on, round-arm action disintegrated and Somerset cruised to victory.
• In contrasting their ritual presence to the differance of purposive endeavor, Wordsworth seems to hearken back to an anecdote in Boswell's Captivation and Liberty in Wordsworth's Poems on Music
• We came somewhat late to Aberdeen, and found the inn so full, that we had some difficulty in obtaining admission, till Mr. Boswell made himself known: His name overpowered all objection, and we found a very good house and civil treatment. A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
• Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell's intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to _write his life_ he would prevent it by _taking Boswell's! Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature