Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran vi
... strong constitution . And then , think of Samuel Johnson at the age of sixty - four enduring the hardships of his extended tour in Scotland and in the Hebrides ! To- ward the close of his life he showed remarkable recupera- tive power ...
... strong constitution . And then , think of Samuel Johnson at the age of sixty - four enduring the hardships of his extended tour in Scotland and in the Hebrides ! To- ward the close of his life he showed remarkable recupera- tive power ...
Stran viii
... strong and great - hearted man feared death and yet found life at times a melancholy bur- den , we wonder at the serenity of his last hours . The pain of bodily dissolution he did not fear ; pain never made him a coward . Toward the end ...
... strong and great - hearted man feared death and yet found life at times a melancholy bur- den , we wonder at the serenity of his last hours . The pain of bodily dissolution he did not fear ; pain never made him a coward . Toward the end ...
Stran 13
... strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects . are well ...
... strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature of which eludes the most minute enquiry , though the effects . are well ...
Stran 14
... strong expression of any disturbance of the mind , ' made him mad all his life , at least not sober . ' 1 Michael was , however , forced by the narrowness of his circumstances to be very diligent in busi- ness , not only in his shop ...
... strong expression of any disturbance of the mind , ' made him mad all his life , at least not sober . ' 1 Michael was , however , forced by the narrowness of his circumstances to be very diligent in busi- ness , not only in his shop ...
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... strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in his constitution ...
... strong approbation . Dr. Taylor told me , that it was first printed for old Mr. Johnson , without the knowledge of his son , who was very angry when he heard of it . The ' morbid melancholy , ' which was lurking in his constitution ...
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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