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 xi
... talk about it . Liberty is what he asks for , liberty to range for a time . wherever he pleases in the wide and fair fields of literature . Yet with this longing for freedom comes a touch of regret and a doubt lest the ' fresh woods and ...
... talk about it . Liberty is what he asks for , liberty to range for a time . wherever he pleases in the wide and fair fields of literature . Yet with this longing for freedom comes a touch of regret and a doubt lest the ' fresh woods and ...
Stran xvi
... talk ranges over a vast number of subjects . In his capacious memory were stored up the fruits of an almost bound- less curiosity , and a wide and varied reading . I have sought to follow him wherever a remark of his required ...
... talk ranges over a vast number of subjects . In his capacious memory were stored up the fruits of an almost bound- less curiosity , and a wide and varied reading . I have sought to follow him wherever a remark of his required ...
Stran xviii
... talk of retiring " In many other notes I have established Boswell's accuracy against attacks which had been made on it apparently with success . It was with much pleasure that I discovered that the story told of Johnson's listening to ...
... talk of retiring " In many other notes I have established Boswell's accuracy against attacks which had been made on it apparently with success . It was with much pleasure that I discovered that the story told of Johnson's listening to ...
Stran 6
... talk , for which it was often necessary to employ some address . ' See post , April 12 , 1776. Tom Tyers , ' said Johnson , ' described me the best . He once said to me , " Sir , you are like a ghost you never speak till you are spoken ...
... talk , for which it was often necessary to employ some address . ' See post , April 12 , 1776. Tom Tyers , ' said Johnson , ' described me the best . He once said to me , " Sir , you are like a ghost you never speak till you are spoken ...
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... talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenor of what he uttered would have been found equally ...
... talk at such times as I had the good fortune to be in his company ; and , without doubt , if his discourse at other periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenor of what he uttered would have been found equally ...
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