Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran 40
... wine ; but I had a cut of meat for six - pence , and bread for a penny , and gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter noth- ing . ' He at this time , I believe ...
... wine ; but I had a cut of meat for six - pence , and bread for a penny , and gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served , nay , better than the rest , for they gave the waiter noth- ing . ' He at this time , I believe ...
Stran 59
... wine , pleases everybody from the first . Johnson's , like a liquor . of more body , seems too strong at first , but , by degrees , is highly relished ; and such is the melody of his periods , so much do they captivate the ear , and ...
... wine , pleases everybody from the first . Johnson's , like a liquor . of more body , seems too strong at first , but , by degrees , is highly relished ; and such is the melody of his periods , so much do they captivate the ear , and ...
Stran 104
... wine and meat . ' And next morning he thus feelingly complains : - My indolence , since my last reception of the sacrament , has sunk into grosser sluggish- ness , and my dissipation spread into wilder negligence . My thoughts have been ...
... wine and meat . ' And next morning he thus feelingly complains : - My indolence , since my last reception of the sacrament , has sunk into grosser sluggish- ness , and my dissipation spread into wilder negligence . My thoughts have been ...
Stran 144
... wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous : but he is not improved ; he is only not sensi- ble of his defects . ' Sir Joshua said the Doctor was talking of the effects of excess in ...
... wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows impudent and vociferous : but he is not improved ; he is only not sensi- ble of his defects . ' Sir Joshua said the Doctor was talking of the effects of excess in ...
Stran 145
... wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? ' — ' Nay , ( said Johnson , laughing , ) I cannot answer that : that is too much for me . ' - I observed , that wine did some people harm , by ...
... wine be like a bottle of beer , which is made brisker by being set before the fire ? ' — ' Nay , ( said Johnson , laughing , ) I cannot answer that : that is too much for me . ' - I observed , that wine did some people harm , by ...
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