Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran 27
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this cir- cumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggrava- tion . Amidst the oppression and distraction of a disease which very few have felt in its full ...
... wish to depreciate him , should , since his death , have laid hold of this cir- cumstance , and insisted upon it with very unfair aggrava- tion . Amidst the oppression and distraction of a disease which very few have felt in its full ...
Stran 52
... have it tran- scribed upon one side only . He is now to be considered as ' tugging at his oar , ' as engaged in a steady continued course of occupation , suffi THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES 53 cient to employ all 52 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... have it tran- scribed upon one side only . He is now to be considered as ' tugging at his oar , ' as engaged in a steady continued course of occupation , suffi THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES 53 cient to employ all 52 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Stran 53
... Wishes , being the Tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated . He , I believe , composed it the preceding year . Mrs. Johnson , for the sake of country air , had lodgings at Hampstead , to which he resorted occasion- ally , and there the ...
... Wishes , being the Tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated . He , I believe , composed it the preceding year . Mrs. Johnson , for the sake of country air , had lodgings at Hampstead , to which he resorted occasion- ally , and there the ...
Stran 54
... wishes , so as to allow of some changes ; but still there were not enough . Dr. Adams was present the first night of the representa- tion of Irene , and gave me the following account : ' Before the curtain drew up , there were catcalls ...
... wishes , so as to allow of some changes ; but still there were not enough . Dr. Adams was present the first night of the representa- tion of Irene , and gave me the following account : ' Before the curtain drew up , there were catcalls ...
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... wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied ampli- tude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not dili- gently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain ...
... wish to be energetick ; he is never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have neither studied ampli- tude , nor affected brevity : his periods , though not dili- gently rounded , are voluble and easy . Whoever wishes to attain ...
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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