Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales, Količina 5Bigelow, Brown & Company, Incorporated, 1786 |
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Stran 15
... gave us some hopes that you might prevail with Mr. Johnson to make out that excursion to Scotland , with the expectation of which we have long flattered ourselves . If he could order matters so , as to pass some time in Edinburgh ...
... gave us some hopes that you might prevail with Mr. Johnson to make out that excursion to Scotland , with the expectation of which we have long flattered ourselves . If he could order matters so , as to pass some time in Edinburgh ...
Stran 17
... gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reason close or wide , as he saw best for the moment . He could , when he chose it , be the greatest sophist that ever wielded a weapon in the schools of declamation ; but he ...
... gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing ; for he could reason close or wide , as he saw best for the moment . He could , when he chose it , be the greatest sophist that ever wielded a weapon in the schools of declamation ; but he ...
Stran 18
... gave a gloomy cast to his whole course of thinking : yet , though grave and awful in his deportment , when he thought it necessary or proper , he frequently in- dulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies . He was prone to ...
... gave a gloomy cast to his whole course of thinking : yet , though grave and awful in his deportment , when he thought it necessary or proper , he frequently in- dulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies . He was prone to ...
Stran 19
... gave way to such habits , which proves that they were not involuntary . ' I still however think , that these gestures were involuntary ; for surely had not that been the case , he would have restrained them in the publick streets ...
... gave way to such habits , which proves that they were not involuntary . ' I still however think , that these gestures were involuntary ; for surely had not that been the case , he would have restrained them in the publick streets ...
Stran 26
... gave the advantage to him who is in the right . ' We sat till near two in the morning , having chatted a good while after my wife left us . She had insisted , that to shew all respect to the Sage , she would give up her own bed ...
... gave the advantage to him who is in the right . ' We sat till near two in the morning , having chatted a good while after my wife left us . She had insisted , that to shew all respect to the Sage , she would give up her own bed ...
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Aberdeen ancient asked August August 15 August 21 battle of Culloden Beattie boat Boswell Boswell's breakfast Burke called castle chief church conversation dinner Duke Dunvegan Earl Edinburgh England English entertained Errol Erse father Flora Macdonald Fort Augustus Garrick gave gentleman heard Hebrides Highland honour Horace Horace Walpole horse Hume Inchkenneth island isle James John Johnson King Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird land learning live London looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Kinnon M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macleod Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo never night observed Piozzi Letters pleased poem Portree Prince Charles Prince Charles's escape Rasay Robertson Samuel Johnson says Scotland Sept servant shew Sir Alexander Sir Walter Scott spirit Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told took walked Walter Scott writing wrote young