Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... seemed to her to be intended for her amusement ; and when he stopped , she fluttered , and made a little infantine noise , and a kind of signal for him to begin again . She would be held close to him ; which was a proof , from simple ...
... seemed to her to be intended for her amusement ; and when he stopped , she fluttered , and made a little infantine noise , and a kind of signal for him to begin again . She would be held close to him ; which was a proof , from simple ...
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... seemed to sink into oblivion . Mr. Millar told me , ' he continues , ' that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty - five copies of it . . . I was I confess , discouraged , and had not the war at that time been breaking out between France ...
... seemed to sink into oblivion . Mr. Millar told me , ' he continues , ' that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty - five copies of it . . . I was I confess , discouraged , and had not the war at that time been breaking out between France ...
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... seemed to me to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift3 ; for I once took the liberty to ask him , if Swift had per- sonally offended him , and he told me he had not . He said to - day , ' Swift is clear , but he is shallow . In ...
... seemed to me to have an unaccountable prejudice against Swift3 ; for I once took the liberty to ask him , if Swift had per- sonally offended him , and he told me he had not . He said to - day , ' Swift is clear , but he is shallow . In ...
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... seemed to be much surprized , when Dr. Johnson said , ' it was easier to him to write poetry than to compose his Dictionary . His mind was less on the stretch in doing the one than the other . Besides ; composing a Dictionary requires ...
... seemed to be much surprized , when Dr. Johnson said , ' it was easier to him to write poetry than to compose his Dictionary . His mind was less on the stretch in doing the one than the other . Besides ; composing a Dictionary requires ...
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... seemed quite academical ; and we found in his house very comfortable and genteel accommodation2 . THURSDAY , AUGUST 19 . We rose much refreshed . I had with me a map of Scotland , a bible which was given me by Lord Mountstuart when we ...
... seemed quite academical ; and we found in his house very comfortable and genteel accommodation2 . THURSDAY , AUGUST 19 . We rose much refreshed . I had with me a map of Scotland , a bible which was given me by Lord Mountstuart when we ...
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Aberdeen ancient ante asked Auchinleck August August 15 August 21 authour believe boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast called castle church conversation Croker dinner Duke Dunvegan DUPPA Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Garrick gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Horace Walpole Hume Inchkenneth island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Journey King Kingsburgh Lady Laird land learning lived London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night observed October October 14 October 23 opinion passage Piozzi Letters pleased Prince publick Rasay rock Samuel Johnson says Scotland September September 13 servant shew Sir Allan stone suppose Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale told took Tour walked WALTER SCOTT wish writing young
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Stran 342 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Stran 339 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Stran 305 - Its merits had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell in praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we have one book of that kind better than any of them — Selden's Table Talk.
Stran 12 - He was prone to superstition but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He had a loud voice and a slow deliberate utterance which no doubt gave some additional weight to the sterling metal of his conversation.
Stran 339 - ... daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, B,y forms...
Stran 109 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Stran 11 - He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics.
Stran 204 - I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Stran 305 - Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae...
Stran 43 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.