Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran xx
... has succeeded . Undoubtedly the great feature of Boswell's book is its record of Johnson's talk . There is nothing else like it anywhere . For a talker Johnson had all the necessary qualifi- cations XX LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... has succeeded . Undoubtedly the great feature of Boswell's book is its record of Johnson's talk . There is nothing else like it anywhere . For a talker Johnson had all the necessary qualifi- cations XX LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
Stran xxii
... talk . The most noticeable characteristics of Johnson's talk seem to be good sense , brilliant wit , and a lively dialectical imagination , which enabled him joyfully and triumphantly to pursue his subject and crush his opponent with a ...
... talk . The most noticeable characteristics of Johnson's talk seem to be good sense , brilliant wit , and a lively dialectical imagination , which enabled him joyfully and triumphantly to pursue his subject and crush his opponent with a ...
Stran xxiii
... talk as recorded by Boswell has killed Johnson's books . This is nonsense . Boswell's book is of course vastly more entertaining , lively , and amusing than Rasselas or the Rambler , and consequently far more people have read and will ...
... talk as recorded by Boswell has killed Johnson's books . This is nonsense . Boswell's book is of course vastly more entertaining , lively , and amusing than Rasselas or the Rambler , and consequently far more people have read and will ...
Stran xxxii
... wisdom which this Work contains was not a particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without xxxii LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
... wisdom which this Work contains was not a particular selection from his general conversation , but was merely his occasional talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without xxxii LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON.
Stran xxxiv
... talk Johnson . ' Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think , Johnson . To enumerate those to whom I have been thus indebted would be tediously ostentatious . I cannot , however , but ...
... talk Johnson . ' Yes , I may add , I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think , Johnson . To enumerate those to whom I have been thus indebted would be tediously ostentatious . I cannot , however , but ...
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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