Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Macmillan, 1894 - 718 strani |
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Stran 197
... desire no other oppor- tunity of resenting it , than that of laying him under an obligation . He was humble enough to desire my assistance on this occasion , though he and I were never cater - cousins ; and I gave him to understand that ...
... desire no other oppor- tunity of resenting it , than that of laying him under an obligation . He was humble enough to desire my assistance on this occasion , though he and I were never cater - cousins ; and I gave him to understand that ...
Stran 235
... desire of being conspicuous wherever he was , he frequently talked carelessly without knowledge of the subject , or even without thought . His person was short , his countenance coarse and vulgar , his deportment that of a scholar ...
... desire of being conspicuous wherever he was , he frequently talked carelessly without knowledge of the subject , or even without thought . His person was short , his countenance coarse and vulgar , his deportment that of a scholar ...
Stran 273
... desire of distinction , which inclines every man first to hope , and then to believe , that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself . This vanity makes one mind nurse aversion , and another actuate desires , till they rise by ...
... desire of distinction , which inclines every man first to hope , and then to believe , that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself . This vanity makes one mind nurse aversion , and another actuate desires , till they rise by ...
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acquaintance admiration afterwards appears asked Baretti Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop bookseller called character church compliments consider conversation Croker David Garrick DEAR SIR death Dictionary dined edition eminent England English Essay father favor Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honor hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind King lady Langton language Latin learned letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford Pembroke College perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet praise published Rambler reason remarkable Reverend Samuel Johnson Scotland Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell things THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told translation truth verses Warton wish write written wrote