Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran 8
... leaves from Osborne's Harleian Catalogue , and those not compiled by Johnson , but by Oldys ) , a very small part of it relates to the person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the state ...
... leaves from Osborne's Harleian Catalogue , and those not compiled by Johnson , but by Oldys ) , a very small part of it relates to the person who is the subject of the book ; and , in that , there is such an inaccuracy in the state ...
Stran 16
... leaving him to study it : But by the time she had reached the second floor , she 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 ...
... leaving him to study it : But by the time she had reached the second floor , she 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 ...
Stran 18
... leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a present of gingerbread , and said , he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this early compliment : adding , with a smile , that this was as ...
... leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a present of gingerbread , and said , he was the best scholar she ever had . He delighted in mentioning this early compliment : adding , with a smile , that this was as ...
Stran 31
... leaving to it his house at Lichfield ; but his friends who were about him very properly dissuaded him from it , and he bequeathed it to some poor relations . He took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated ...
... leaving to it his house at Lichfield ; but his friends who were about him very properly dissuaded him from it , and he bequeathed it to some poor relations . He took a pleasure in boasting of the many eminent men who had been educated ...
Stran 68
... leaving his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . ' Garrick being told of this ram- ble , said to him smartly , ' I heard of your frolick t'other night . You'll be in the Chronicle . ' Upon which ...
... leaving his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . ' Garrick being told of this ram- ble , said to him smartly , ' I heard of your frolick t'other night . You'll be in the Chronicle . ' Upon which ...
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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