Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
... heard him following her . ' What's the matter ? ' said she . ' I can say it , ' he replied ; and repeated it distinctly , though he could not have read it more than twice . But there has been another story of his infant precocity ...
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... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to ob- tain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
... heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to ob- tain an authentick relation of facts , and such authority may there be for errour ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He ...
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... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbutim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
... heard or read . Mr. Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbutim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ...
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... heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in his constitution , and to which we may ascribe those particu- larities , and that aversion to regular life , which , at a very early period , marked his character , gathered ...
... heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in his constitution , and to which we may ascribe those particu- larities , and that aversion to regular life , which , at a very early period , marked his character , gathered ...
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... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
... heard him say , what ought to be recorded to the honour of the present venerable master of that College , the Reverend William Adams , D.D. , who was then very young , and one of the junior fellows ; that the mild but judicious ...
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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