Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 4Times Book Club, 1912 |
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Stran 9
... mean simply being without , -but not having a want . ' I maintained , against this proposi- tion , that it was ... means of procuring respect . Was Charles the Twelfth , think you , less respected for his coarse blue coat and black ...
... mean simply being without , -but not having a want . ' I maintained , against this proposi- tion , that it was ... means of procuring respect . Was Charles the Twelfth , think you , less respected for his coarse blue coat and black ...
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... means but drinking . ' We stopped at Messieurs Dilly's , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's in the Borough . I called at his house in the evening , having promised to acquaint ...
... means but drinking . ' We stopped at Messieurs Dilly's , booksellers in the Poultry ; from whence he hurried away , in a hackney coach , to Mr. Thrale's in the Borough . I called at his house in the evening , having promised to acquaint ...
Stran 29
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
... means were found to acquire those immense sums which have been brought from thence of late ; he was a scholar , and an agreeable man , and lived very prettily in London , till his wife died . After her death , he took to dissipation and ...
Stran 47
... means of terror and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal consequences ...
... means of terror and pity . For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage that a man who is so excessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is punished , we are terrified at the fatal consequences ...
Stran 49
... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participa- tion of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a ...
... means it is produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participa- tion of any pleasure : cock - fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of a ...
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acquaintance admirable affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne Auchinleck believe BENNET LANGTON Bishop censure character Cibber consider conversation Court of Session dear sir death Dilly dined dinner Dodd Dodd's doubt drink edition Elkanah Settle English favour Garrick gentleman GEORGE STEEVENS give Goldsmith happy hear Hebrides honour hope Hugo Grotius humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John JOHNSON Edinburgh judge KNOWLES lady Langton late learned letter Lichfield lived London Lord Hailes Lord Monboddo madam mentioned mind never obliged observed occasion once opinion pain Percy perhaps pleased pleasure poem Poets praise recollect respect Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland sermons Seward Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Soame Jenyns Streatham style suppose sure talked Taylor tell things thought Thrale tion told truth uneasy Whig Wilkes William wine wish write written wrote