Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... asking my father why he had not prepared us for such uncouth , untoward strangeness , he laughed heartily , and said he had entirely forgotten that the same impression had been at first made upon himself ; but had been lost even on the ...
... asking my father why he had not prepared us for such uncouth , untoward strangeness , he laughed heartily , and said he had entirely forgotten that the same impression had been at first made upon himself ; but had been lost even on the ...
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... asked his old school - fellow , Mr. Hector , 1 surgeon of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , ' she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . ' Her piety was not inferiour to her ...
... asked his old school - fellow , Mr. Hector , 1 surgeon of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , ' she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . ' Her piety was not inferiour to her ...
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... asked Mr. Johnson how he could possibly think of bringing such an infant to church , and in the midst of so great a croud . He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught ...
... asked Mr. Johnson how he could possibly think of bringing such an infant to church , and in the midst of so great a croud . He answered , because it was impossible to keep him at home ; for , young as he was , he believed he had caught ...
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... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say ...
... asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) a confused , but some- how a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds , and a long black hood . ' This touch , however , was without any effect . I ventured to say ...
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... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' Indeed Johnson was very sensible how much he owed to Mr. Hunter . Mr. Langton 1 one day asked him how he had acquired so ...
... asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' Indeed Johnson was very sensible how much he owed to Mr. Hunter . Mr. Langton 1 one day asked him how he had acquired so ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards answered appeared asked Beauclerk BENNET LANGTON Bishop booksellers Boswell Boswell's Burke Burney celebrated character Cibber conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary Dilly dined dinner Dodsley drink Edwards eminent favour Francis Barber Garrick gave gentleman give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope humour imagination JAMES BOSWELL kind King knew labour lady Langton language letter Lichfield Literary Club literature lived London Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind nature never observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College Percy pleased pleasure poet Pope publick recollect respect Richardson Robert Dodsley SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds spirit strong supposed talk tell thing Thomas Warton thought Thrale tion told topicks truth Wilkes William wine wish wonder write wrote