Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... lives do not terminate in the torture - chambers of the examiner , and we shall sorely need the solace of books like Boswell's long after we have bidden class - room and senate- house an eternal farewell . I never could bring myself to ...
... lives do not terminate in the torture - chambers of the examiner , and we shall sorely need the solace of books like Boswell's long after we have bidden class - room and senate- house an eternal farewell . I never could bring myself to ...
Stran xvi
... Lives of the Poets , I hastened down to Mr. Thrale's at Streatham , where he now was , that I might ensure his being at home next day , and after dinner , when I thought he would receive the good news in the best humour , I announced it ...
... Lives of the Poets , I hastened down to Mr. Thrale's at Streatham , where he now was , that I might ensure his being at home next day , and after dinner , when I thought he would receive the good news in the best humour , I announced it ...
Stran xxii
... live rather than what to believe . Boswell was quite right , his record of Johnson's talk is entertain- ing and lively and amusing . I will give one example of what I mean by dialectical imagination . Talking of those who denied the ...
... live rather than what to believe . Boswell was quite right , his record of Johnson's talk is entertain- ing and lively and amusing . I will give one example of what I mean by dialectical imagination . Talking of those who denied the ...
Stran xxiv
... Lives of the Poets , his Preface to Shakespeare and to the English Dictionary - the Dictionary itself— many of the Ramblers and Idlers ( especially the ' Dick Minim ' Idlers of June 1759 ) , did they stand alone on our shelves , would ...
... Lives of the Poets , his Preface to Shakespeare and to the English Dictionary - the Dictionary itself— many of the Ramblers and Idlers ( especially the ' Dick Minim ' Idlers of June 1759 ) , did they stand alone on our shelves , would ...
Stran 1
... lives of others , and who , whether we con- sider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his ...
... lives of others , and who , whether we con- sider his extraordinary endowments , or his various works , has been equalled by few in any age , is an arduous , and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task . Had Dr. Johnson written his ...
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acquainted Adams admiration afterwards appears Beauclerk believe bookseller Boswell Boswell's Cave character College conversation copy David Garrick dear sir DEAR SIR,-I death delighted Dictionary Dodsley edition Edward Cave elegant eminent English essays excellent favour Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine happy Hector honour hope humble servant imagination imitation informed kind labour Lady Macclesfield Langton language late Latin learned Lichfield literary literature lived London Lord Chesterfield Lordship Lucy Porter Macclesfield manner master mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford paper particular passage Paul Whitehead Pembroke College person pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise Preface probably published Rambler remarkable Reverend Richard Savage Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson satire Savage Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds style suppose talk THOMAS WARTON thought tion told translation truth verses wife wish write written wrote