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 3Harper, 1891 |
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Stran 8
... dinner at Sir John Pringle's ' ; and he was much pleased with the con- scientious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his Voyages . I told him ...
... dinner at Sir John Pringle's ' ; and he was much pleased with the con- scientious accuracy of that celebrated circumnavigator , who set me right as to many of the exaggerated accounts given by Dr. Hawkesworth of his Voyages . I told him ...
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... dinner . " Pray now , " said he to the Doctor , " what would you give , old gentleman , to be as young and sprightly as I am ? " Why , Sir , I think , " replied Johnson , " I would almost be content to be as fool- ish . " Cradock's ...
... dinner . " Pray now , " said he to the Doctor , " what would you give , old gentleman , to be as young and sprightly as I am ? " Why , Sir , I think , " replied Johnson , " I would almost be content to be as fool- ish . " Cradock's ...
Stran 32
... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year ' . He said , ' I am disappointed , to be sure ; but it is not a great ...
... dinner , Dr. Johnson and I passed some time by ourselves . I was sorry to find it was now resolved that the proposed journey to Italy should not take place this year ' . He said , ' I am disappointed , to be sure ; but it is not a great ...
Stran 47
... dinner men meet with great in- equality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority have the modesty not to talk . When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows ...
... dinner men meet with great in- equality of understanding ; and those who are conscious of their inferiority have the modesty not to talk . When they have drunk wine , every man feels himself happy , and loses that modesty , and grows ...
Stran 48
... dinner- time I am exhausted ; wine puts me in the same state as when I got up ; and I am sure that moderate drinking makes people talk better . ' JOHNSON . No , Sir ; wine gives not light , gay , ideal hilarity ; but tumultuous , noisy ...
... dinner- time I am exhausted ; wine puts me in the same state as when I got up ; and I am sure that moderate drinking makes people talk better . ' JOHNSON . No , Sir ; wine gives not light , gay , ideal hilarity ; but tumultuous , noisy ...
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