Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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Stran vi
... wonder that in later life he was at times indolent and careless , and that occasion- ally he showed some traces of uncouth manner and tem- peramental blemish . Disgusting he probably was in his table manners gorging ravenously with ...
... wonder that in later life he was at times indolent and careless , and that occasion- ally he showed some traces of uncouth manner and tem- peramental blemish . Disgusting he probably was in his table manners gorging ravenously with ...
Stran viii
... 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 of his life Johnson , when suffer- ing from dropsy , had the courage to operate on himself , and ...
... 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 of his life Johnson , when suffer- ing from dropsy , had the courage to operate on himself , and ...
Stran 32
... wonder to hear it ascribed to a principle of supersti- tious mortification ; as we are told by Tursellinus , in his Life of St. Ignatius Loyola , that this intrepid founder of the order of Jesuits , when he arrived at Goa , after having ...
... wonder to hear it ascribed to a principle of supersti- tious mortification ; as we are told by Tursellinus , in his Life of St. Ignatius Loyola , that this intrepid founder of the order of Jesuits , when he arrived at Goa , after having ...
Stran 39
... wonder , therefore , that he did not keep his academy above a year and a half . From Mr. Garrick's account he did not appear to have been profoundly reverenced by his pupils . His oddities of manner , and uncouth gesticulations , could ...
... wonder , therefore , that he did not keep his academy above a year and a half . From Mr. Garrick's account he did not appear to have been profoundly reverenced by his pupils . His oddities of manner , and uncouth gesticulations , could ...
Stran 74
... wonder so stupendous a work atchieved by one man , while other countries had thought such undertakings fit only for whole academies . Vast as his powers were , I cannot but think that his imagination deceived him , when he supposed that ...
... wonder so stupendous a work atchieved by one man , while other countries had thought such undertakings fit only for whole academies . Vast as his powers were , I cannot but think that his imagination deceived him , when he supposed that ...
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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