Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... Samuel Johnson at the age of sixty - four enduring the hardships of his extended tour in Scotland and in the Hebrides ! To- ward the close of his life he showed remarkable recupera- tive power in fighting off severe attacks of asthma ...
... Samuel Johnson at the age of sixty - four enduring the hardships of his extended tour in Scotland and in the Hebrides ! To- ward the close of his life he showed remarkable recupera- tive power in fighting off severe attacks of asthma ...
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... Johnson had been ill - bred he would never have been received into the society of the great ladies of the period . " I have seen the 1 See pp . 113-19 . a Hill's Letters of Samuel Johnson , 1 , 72 . 5 Ibid . , v , 25 . 2 See p . 172 . 4 ...
... Johnson had been ill - bred he would never have been received into the society of the great ladies of the period . " I have seen the 1 See pp . 113-19 . a Hill's Letters of Samuel Johnson , 1 , 72 . 5 Ibid . , v , 25 . 2 See p . 172 . 4 ...
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... Johnson is always fascinating , and the source of his great charm lies chiefly in our feeling that he is a very good fellow and a very wise man . Samuel Johnson was indeed a man of rare gifts , a man of lovable personality , and a great ...
... Johnson is always fascinating , and the source of his great charm lies chiefly in our feeling that he is a very good fellow and a very wise man . Samuel Johnson was indeed a man of rare gifts , a man of lovable personality , and a great ...
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... Johnson and Fanny Burney ) , Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes , Boswell's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , Boswell's Life of Johnson edited by George Birkbeck Hill , and for a short biography , Sir Leslie Stephen's Samuel Johnson . 1 For ...
... Johnson and Fanny Burney ) , Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes , Boswell's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , Boswell's Life of Johnson edited by George Birkbeck Hill , and for a short biography , Sir Leslie Stephen's Samuel Johnson . 1 For ...
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... , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have BOSWELL'S DEDICATION 5 arraigned my judgement , instead of seeing 4 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... , especially in distant quarters , not penetrating enough into Johnson's character , so as to understand his mode of treating his friends , have BOSWELL'S DEDICATION 5 arraigned my judgement , instead of seeing 4 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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