Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... instance , had Johnson's as- sistance in composing the Traveller , Reynolds found in Johnson a fine subject for several portraits , Johnson wrote a prologue for Garrick and Garrick produced Johnson's Irene , Macpherson's reputation was ...
... instance , had Johnson's as- sistance in composing the Traveller , Reynolds found in Johnson a fine subject for several portraits , Johnson wrote a prologue for Garrick and Garrick produced Johnson's Irene , Macpherson's reputation was ...
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... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a stranger . She departed ...
... instances of dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her grave with this inscription : Here lies the body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BLANEY , a stranger . She departed ...
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... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
... instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . ' In all such investigations it is certainly unwise to pay too much attention to ...
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... instance of that jealous inde- pendence of spirit , and impetuosity of temper , which never forsook him . The fact was acknowledged to me by himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to ...
... instance of that jealous inde- pendence of spirit , and impetuosity of temper , which never forsook him . The fact was acknowledged to me by himself , upon the authority of his mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to ...
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... instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' Indeed Johnson ...
... instance , he would call up a boy and ask him Latin for a candle- stick , which the boy could not expect to be asked . Now , Sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . ' Indeed Johnson ...
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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