Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my ...
... honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years ; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view ; as he was well apprised of this circumstance , and from time to time obligingly satisfied my ...
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... honour to human nature . Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , ' they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ...
... honour to human nature . Talking to me once himself of his being much distinguished at school , he told me , ' they never thought to raise me by comparing me to any one ; they never said , Johnson is as good a scholar as such a one ...
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... 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 expostulations of this worthy man , whose virtue awed him ...
... 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 expostulations of this worthy man , whose virtue awed him ...
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... honoured by the testi- mony of Bishop Hurd , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the University . LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM 6 35 This employment was very irksome 34 THE ...
... honoured by the testi- mony of Bishop Hurd , who was his scholar ; for Mr. Blackwall died on the 8th of April , 1730 , more than a year before Johnson left the University . LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM 6 35 This employment was very irksome 34 THE ...
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... honoured his opening of it with a Prologue , which for just and manly dramatick criticism , on the whole range of the English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , is unrivalled . Like the celebrated Epilogue to the Distressed ...
... honoured his opening of it with a Prologue , which for just and manly dramatick criticism , on the whole range of the English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , is unrivalled . Like the celebrated Epilogue to the Distressed ...
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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