Boswell's Johnson: A Preface to the Life

abilities activities affected analogy appears argue artifice aspects attempt attention authenticity autobiography awareness begin biographical subject Boswell Boswell's century certain chapter character common completely concerning considerable context conversation course criticism crucial deal demonstrable discussion eighteenth-century evidence example experience extent fact fashion figure final give human imaginative important individual interest involves issues John Johnson Johnsonian Journal judgment kind later less limitations literary lived London manner material matters mind nature nearly never notes notion object observation particularly passages pattern perhaps personality places playing possible practice praise presented pride principles problem question reader reality realization reason references regard relation relationship represent result role Samuel Johnson scenes scientific seems selection sense separated setting shaping social sometimes specimens suggest tells theory things thought treated turns understand writes