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
... line of the text or a single note . At length , ' towering in the confidence'3 of one who as yet has but set his foot on the threshold of some stately Post , iii . 312 . Post , i . 324 . Post , iv . 172 . 2 3 mansion Preface . xiii ...
... line of the text or a single note . At length , ' towering in the confidence'3 of one who as yet has but set his foot on the threshold of some stately Post , iii . 312 . Post , i . 324 . Post , iv . 172 . 2 3 mansion Preface . xiii ...
Stran xvi
... line in a Dictionary of Biography . Over manners too a change has come , and as Johnson justly observes , ' all works which describe manners require notes in sixty or seventy years , or less . But it is not only Boswell's narrative that ...
... line in a Dictionary of Biography . Over manners too a change has come , and as Johnson justly observes , ' all works which describe manners require notes in sixty or seventy years , or less . But it is not only Boswell's narrative that ...
Stran xvii
... lines which Johnson quoted when he saw the Highland girl singing at her wheel * , and have found out who was ' one Giffard , ' or rather Gifford , ' a parson , ' is to me a source of just triumph . I have not known many happier hours ...
... lines which Johnson quoted when he saw the Highland girl singing at her wheel * , and have found out who was ' one Giffard , ' or rather Gifford , ' a parson , ' is to me a source of just triumph . I have not known many happier hours ...
Stran xxi
... line in my Concordance and the last line in my six long volumes is Johnson's quotation of Goldsmith's fine saying ; ' I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing . ' In the ' forward ' references in the notes to other passages in the ...
... line in my Concordance and the last line in my six long volumes is Johnson's quotation of Goldsmith's fine saying ; ' I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing . ' In the ' forward ' references in the notes to other passages in the ...
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... line ' Unthought of frailties cheat us in the wise , ' ( Moral Essays , i . 69 ) says : - ' For who could imagine that Dr. Clarke valued himself for his agility , and frequently amused him- self in a private room of his house in leaping ...
... line ' Unthought of frailties cheat us in the wise , ' ( Moral Essays , i . 69 ) says : - ' For who could imagine that Dr. Clarke valued himself for his agility , and frequently amused him- self in a private room of his house in leaping ...
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