Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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Stran xii
... hand copy of a somewhat early edition of the Life in five well - bound volumes . Of all my books none I cherish more than these . In looking at them I have known what it is to feel Bishop Percy's ' uneasiness at the thoughts of leaving ...
... hand copy of a somewhat early edition of the Life in five well - bound volumes . Of all my books none I cherish more than these . In looking at them I have known what it is to feel Bishop Percy's ' uneasiness at the thoughts of leaving ...
Stran xiii
... hand and some little hope still in heart , managed to get a few notes taken . Three winters I had to spend on the shores of the Mediter- During two of them my malady and my distress allowed of no rival , and my work made scarcely any ...
... hand and some little hope still in heart , managed to get a few notes taken . Three winters I had to spend on the shores of the Mediter- During two of them my malady and my distress allowed of no rival , and my work made scarcely any ...
Stran xxii
... hand were of considerable importance . I have retained Boswell's spelling in accordance with the wish that he expressed in the preface to his Account of Corsica . ' If this work , ' he writes , ' should at any future period be re ...
... hand were of considerable importance . I have retained Boswell's spelling in accordance with the wish that he expressed in the preface to his Account of Corsica . ' If this work , ' he writes , ' should at any future period be re ...
Stran xxv
... hand a Selection of the Wit and Wisdom of Dr. Johnson . I purpose , moreover , to collect and edit all of his letters that are not in the Life . Some hundreds of these were published by Mrs. Piozzi ; many more are contained in Mr ...
... hand a Selection of the Wit and Wisdom of Dr. Johnson . I purpose , moreover , to collect and edit all of his letters that are not in the Life . Some hundreds of these were published by Mrs. Piozzi ; many more are contained in Mr ...
Stran 13
... hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . [ July 1 , 17933. ] clear it of them ; for then I should be no longer " as I am ; " and perhaps there ...
... hand - writing , an inscription of such high commendation , that even I , vain as I am , cannot prevail on myself to publish it . [ July 1 , 17933. ] clear it of them ; for then I should be no longer " as I am ; " and perhaps there ...
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