Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... supposed him to be only near - sighted ; and indeed I must observe , that in no other respect could I dis- cern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness made him see and ...
... supposed him to be only near - sighted ; and indeed I must observe , that in no other respect could I dis- cern any defect in his vision ; on the contrary , the force of his attention and perceptive quickness made him see and ...
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... Mr. Hector's guest for about six months , and then hired lodgings in another part of the town , finding himself as well situated at Birmingham as he supposed he could be any where , while he had LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM ...
... Mr. Hector's guest for about six months , and then hired lodgings in another part of the town , finding himself as well situated at Birmingham as he supposed he could be any where , while he had LIFE IN BIRMINGHAM ...
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James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. supposed he could be any where , while he had no settled plan of life , and very scanty means of subsistence . He made some valuable acquaintances there , amongst whom were Mr. Porter , a mercer ...
James Boswell Gerard Edward Jensen. supposed he could be any where , while he had no settled plan of life , and very scanty means of subsistence . He made some valuable acquaintances there , amongst whom were Mr. Porter , a mercer ...
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... supposed to have been so hostile , that five of them were of that country . There were two Messieurs Macbean ; Mr. Shiels , who we shall hereafter see partly wrote the Lives of the Poets to which the name of Cibber is affixed ; Mr ...
... supposed to have been so hostile , that five of them were of that country . There were two Messieurs Macbean ; Mr. Shiels , who we shall hereafter see partly wrote the Lives of the Poets to which the name of Cibber is affixed ; Mr ...
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... supposed pride , by making their great visitors . imagine that his friend and he were low indeed , he ad- dressed himself in a loud tone to Mr. Reynolds , saying , ' How much do you think you and I could get in a week , if we were to ...
... supposed pride , by making their great visitors . imagine that his friend and he were low indeed , he ad- dressed himself in a loud tone to Mr. Reynolds , saying , ' How much do you think you and I could get in a week , if we were to ...
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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